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[quote=Anonymous]So, I was faced with a situation yesterday that really made me question if this family is the "right fit" for me & my overall happiness with my job. I've been with my current family for 8 months. There are 2 children - DC1 is 14 and DC2 is 10. Yesterday, I picked DC1 up from school and dropped her off at home before doing the grocery shopping for the family (this is routine). When I returned from grocery shopping, DC1 tells me that she has a headache and told me she took 1 aspirin and it didn't do anything. She said she began to feel nauseous. She asked if she could lay down before starting her homework so I said yes. MB came home minutes later and, after being filled in on the situation, started freaking out that DC1 had taken only 1 aspirin because "that's only half a dose and now she can't take anything else to make her feel better and I really need to look at the bottle before I give her medicine". I calmly explained that she had taken the medicine while I was out grocery shopping and that she hadn't told me until after the fact. MB then scolds DC1 (age 14!!) for not calling me to ask about taking medicine beforehand. MB then picks up the aspirin bottle to read over the dosage instructions and realizes it expired in 2010. She became very passive aggressive and ran into her office to call poison control. She then (very sternly) told me to go through all the medicine cabinets and throw out the expired medicine (which there happened to be a lot of). The whole situation just really baffled me, especially that I am apparently expected to treat this 14 year old girl like she is a toddler.

Am I being too sensitive, or do you guys have any advice? Thanks in advance![/quote]

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