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[quote=Anonymous]I posted too, and I apologize if it was my reply that got the post deleted.  I didn't think what I had written was inappropriate and it wasn't a troll.

I am the poster who caught my sitter in a lie, she had allowed my children to watch way more tv than allowed, which wasn't the main issue.  The main issue was she had told the kids to lie and not tell mommy she had allowed the extra movie, and to "keep it a secret, that it was their little secret". It was that catch phrase and that action of instructing my children to keep a secret between babysitter and child that set me off.  I felt that using that terminology and asking for secrets sets a terrible precedent, I think you can let your imagination go from there.  In no way do I think the sitter would be inappropriate or abusive with my kids, but you should never ask a child to keep secrets.

So how this related to OP was that I told the babysitter, over the phone, exactly why I couldn't hire her anymore.  I explained that as a parent, a child should never be told by an older person/adult/teacher/babysitter, etc. to keep a secret from their parents, regardless of how minor that secret might seem (like watching more movies). I may sound over the top and nuts, but I feel very strongly about this, why is for another thread.  I felt the babysitter needed to know this, because she could do it again with other kids and potentially could be accused of something.  I did not do it in front of the parents.  But if she had been caught having friends over, I would have.  You need to tell her and her parents.  It's is for her own good.[/quote]

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