Having your parents babysit for your kid(s) is always an exercise in communication. You never want to impose your will in the situation, as resentment can flare pretty rapidly. So walking that fine line of making sure everyone is happy is pretty paramount when you head out of town. But that’s not what happened in …
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Relative Billed Her For Babysitting When She Was In A Pinch And Her Job Was On The Line, So She Gave Her A Taste Of Her Own Medicine
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be compensated for your time, but it depends on the context. Also, when you treat family like they’re your clients, it’s going to come back and bite you. That’s what happened here. Here’s how it went down. My child’s daycare had a death in the family. It’s a small, …
Her Daughter Ate Some Of His Sister’s Expensive Cake While Babysitting Nieces And Nephews, And Now She’s Demanding To Be Paid Back
Good babysitters are a diamond in the rough. They need to be attentive, responsible, trustworthy, and most of all, your kids need to like them! I remember a babysitter I had once gave us a family size bag of skittles and fell asleep during the 1982 Annie movie. So yeah, her services were not needed …
Her Clients Went Back On Their Babysitting Contract, And Now They’re Upset No One Wants To Work For Them
As an adult, it’s kind of weird that we entrust our kids with other kids on occasion – and usually, not for that much money, either. It usually works out just fine. OP’s neighbors asked her to come along on a vacation as a nanny. Over the holidays I (F17) got a chance to go …
‘I’ve had to stop babysitting for 3 families cuz the kids were so mean’: Women says 10-year-olds at Sephora is just the start of troubling ‘iPad kids’ generation
Millennials versus Gen Z is out; Gen Z versus Gen Alpha is in. Usually, the children of millennials, Gen Alpha, are those who were born between the 2010s and early 2020s. They were raised on iPads and spent their formative years in a pandemic lockdown—so you can see why they might get a bad rap. …
The Parents She Was Babysitting Were Over 3 Hours Late, So Babysitter Calls The Cops
Some folks can just be so irresponsible, ya know? And when those folks leave a babysitter hanging, what are they supposed to do? Well, this babysitter called the cops and now she wants to know if she was wrong. Check out her story below. “I (16f) sometimes babysit on weekends. My mom’s coworker needed a …
She Grounded Her Daughter After She Left Her Little Sister With a Neighbor, But Daughter Still Wants To Get Paid For Babysitting
I grew up in a family with a lot of kids, so this story really hits home. I was one of the younger kids and my parents were constantly telling my older siblings to keep an eye on me when they weren’t around…because you never know what might happen. And the mom who wrote this …
Sister Loses Passport To Avoid Babysitting On Family Vacation
Some people then gave OP tips on how to respond next time her sister or family expects her to take care of the kids: “If you cannot escape a day with the kids, weaponize your incompetence. Be a bad babysitter without harming the kids. Text your sister and mom incessantly while they are out. Your …
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Was This Couple Wrong For Wanting To Trade Vacation Money For Babysitting Hours?
Vacations are awesome, especially when you can take them with family you love. They’re also expensive, and these days, more and more people find themselves more than a little bit strapped. OP’s family is scheduling a resort vacation that’s going to work out to around $2k per person, and though most of the family can …
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Babysitting grandpa going viral with his constant texts to vacationing daughter
Good grandparents really are an important asset to young families just starting out. They can show you the ropes of parenthood, help entertain their grandkids, and probably most importantly, they know when you need a break because you’re their baby and they can always tell when something’s up with their child. But sometimes, grandparents can …
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Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure’ (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)
Source: Netflix Calling all Barbie fans, both young and, ahem, old. On March 16, Netflix premieres its first Skipper-centric movie, Barbie: Skipper and The Babysitting Adventure, and it’s all about Barbie’s younger sister. The streaming platform has a breadth of other Barbie movies as a franchise now, and this 60-minute animated film is part of …
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Babysitting Gig Only Pays $200 a Week for Four Children and Requires a Master's Degree
Babysittier ad on TikTok went viral for its strict qualifications and low pay of just $200 a week for watching four young kids. Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/babysitter-ad-masters-degree-required