Entitled Mother Expects Sister To Drop All Erands When Babysitting Her Kid

The sister expects her to stop her day for her nephew, because he'll get bored during those errands.

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• Published in Interesting
• September 23, 2023

Hiring relatives as babysitters is ideal in most cases. With family members taking care of your kids, you can be sure that they're safe.

Trust is often a key factor when it comes to leaving your children in someone else's care, and with relatives, that trust is already established. Additionally, family members usually share similar values and parenting styles, ensuring that your children's routines and discipline remain consistent.

Moreover, hiring relatives as babysitters can be more cost-effective than hiring professional caregivers or enrolling your children in daycare. It allows you to support your family members financially while also providing them with valuable bonding time with your children.

Of course, if your relatives aren't available, it's time to look for other options. Professional caregivers, daycare centers, or qualified babysitters can step in during these situations.

A woman shared an issue with her sister who hired her to babysit the kid. According to the original poster (OP), she already told her sister that she had to run errands while watching over the kid.

But her sister doesn't want her running those errands because the kid will get bored. The OP simply can't abandon the stuff she needs to do, so on the day she babysat for her nephew, she ran her errands as usual.

The next day, she'll have stuff to do in the morning as well, but her sister thinks not stopping her day for the sake of her nephew is unreasonable.

She told online users about the situation and decided to be judged.

A female Redditor wants the AITA community to judge her for running errands while babysitting her nephew.

The OP briefly explains the entire situation.

She needs to get to some stuff in the morning, so she has to take her nephew along those errands.

Redditors don't have any issues with the OP running errands while on babysitting duty.

She was even nice enough to treat the boy after doing all her stuff in the morning.

The boy is old enough to entertain himself during errands.

Redditors believe that the OP is even doing the boy a favor. It gives him the chance to learn how to deal with boredom.

Patience is something that this kid needs to learn. The OP is giving him that opportunity while running errands.

If the parents have a problem with the OP running errands, then they should just look for a babysitter in the morning.

Then have the OP take charge in the afternoon.

If the sister isn't okay with the setup, she can always choose another babysitter.

The OP is entitled to running her day as she wishes. The sister can go look at other options.

If the sister has a problem with the child getting bored, she can find a babysitter who can play with her child.

Doing errands while babysitting doesn't make the OP in the wrong. The OP's sister could have been more understanding and considered other babysitting options if she wasn't comfortable with the OP bringing her son along on errands.

The OP was even kind enough to reward the kid after enduring the boredom the entire morning. It's a nice lesson to the little guy that there will be times when he has to deal with being bored.

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