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[quote=Anonymous]Obviously you’re being trolled. No one really thinks having an older sibling watch a younger sibling for short periods of time is inappropriate.

My 13 year old boy babysits his 9 year old sister occasionally. Since he turned thirteen during this bullshit of a year, that’s been while his dad is at work and I run to the grocery store or to pick up books at the library. Sometimes they’re both “in school.”  To be honest, he’s waited years to be old enough for the two of them to stay home together because he sees it as a milestone.

And no, the 9 year old doesn’t do chores while they’re home together. And she didn’t clear the table when she was 3 and he was 7 either. Also, I plan to make her clean at our home when her brother no longer has to clean because he doesn’t live here anymore.  That’s not some bizarre double standard, that’s just how life works.

When I was home from college in the summers I watched my niece from 8-12 while her mom worked and then headed to my own job later. I never asked for payment for that because I was helping my sister.

I wouldn’t make my 13 year old my primary caregiver unless there was absolutely no way to work and survive otherwise, but that’s not what you are taking about.

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