The world can be a scary and daunting place for kids. Learning to navigate their way through it as they develop emotions, opinions and feelings can be challenging. As any parent can attest, kids choose to throw tantrums out of nowhere, always at the worst times. Even though it's because they're feeling scared, insecure, or out of control, it doesn't make them any easier to deal with. So what do you do when your child misbehaves? Do you comfort them, or do you criticize them for acting up and use it as a teaching opportunity to demonstrate that actions have consequences? One mother faced a difficult challenge after her six-year-old's bratty behavior caused their babysitter to quit. She posted in Reddit's Am I The A-hole, asking if she was wrong for telling her daughter that her repeated bad behavior was the reason for their babysitter quitting...
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As a teen, babysitting is one of the best gigs you can get. Kids can be super entertaining, and you legitimately get paid to let them watch TV, or play Minecraft, or make TikToks — whatever kids are up to these days. It's always the absolute best when the kids are already asleep when you show up. From that point on it's just Netflix and snacks. (Much better than Netflix and chill)
Obviously, it's not all sunshine as daisies though. Some kids can be utter nightmares and really try to test your patience. But what's even worse than bratty kids are unreasonable parents.
When you're a regular babysitter for a family, you get insight into their personal life. You learn their secrets (mostly through snooping around), but also through speaking to the kids. Because let's face it, kids have no filter. So this Reddit thread was a perfect opportunity for babysitters to spill the secrets of the seemingly "normal" families that they babysit - although what does normal even mean anymore?
Every parent knows how hard it is to leave their children with a babysitter. After all, your kids are your life and soul, and trusting them with another human being who isn't related to them is a big deal. But even harder than that is finding a good babysitter who you can trust. One option is to always have a Nanny Cam up so that you can check in to see how they are fairing with your children when you aren't there... because you can never be too careful, right?
A Reddit thread asking people to share the things they've caught their babysitters doing has revealed some heartwarming but also some shocking stories. Just shows you can never really know what's going on when you're not there...
We came across this story about how a truly amazing professor who went above and beyond to help a student who brought their 5-month-old to class and it's honestly the best way to start your week.
Nathan Alexander is a mathematics professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta. One of Nathan's students, Wayne Hayer, recently showed up to lecture with his five-month-old daughter, Assata, because he was unable to find a babysitter and didn't want to miss class. The professor graciously offered to hold the little girl so Hayer would be able to take notes. Another student in the class, Nick Vaughn, shared the professor's act of kindness on Twitter and people are in love!
Parents do so much while raising a kid that sometimes they decide to take the night, day or even weekend off. (We might have gone to far with weekend) But, when they do decide to take a break... they call upon the Babysitter! But, alas like all other jobs... even babysitters can make some honest mistakes...
