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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hire another teen. My sister has a seven year gap between her DCs. Her oldest doesn’t like to watch her brother but the teen three blocks over happily gets paid to watch him. [/quote] Yes, but my guess is that teen is getting at least $10/hour. Usually parents who complain about their teens not wanting to babysit, what they mean is that their teen doesn’t want to babysit fir free...I guarantee the teen 3 blocks away also wouldn’t watch the little boy for free. The other issue is that parents expect their older children to be available whenever they want. It’s one thing to make babysitting plans Cauthen the teen down the street for Thursday evening. It’s very different to decide to go out that evening and tell your teen you need them to watch their sibling—it’s especially bad if you expect your teen to cancel plans with friends or another activity to do this. [/quote]
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