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[quote=Anonymous]My best friend has two granddaughters, 10 & 14.

The 14 yr. old has Aspergers as well as mental problems.

She doesn’t go to school since she tells her parents she will commit suicide if they force her to go.
So they let her stay home.
Her shrink has written a note for the school, basically giving her permission for “medical leave.”
She stays inside her bedroom ALL day, playing games on her laptop.
She only comes out for meals and weekly Dr. appointments.

She goes to bed whenever she wants + wakes up whenever she wants too.
She has no chores, responsibilities or anything in her life.
It’s just a bad situation all around.

I babysit the two girls weekly so the parents can get a break.
The troubled 14 yr. old is so angry + rude to me.

For example, the other day I was playing a board game in the kitchen w/the 10 yr. old and the 14 yr. old yelled at us to shut the f#%k up because she couldn’t hear her game on her laptop.
She has also asked me to mind my f’ing business when I remind her to take her Prozac in the evening.

I was raised by very strict parents and would have gotten a huge punishment had I ever spoken to ANY adult in that manner.
My parents would have served me my a@% on a platter.

I feel like I am letting her boss me around and lose my authority by letting her get away w/speaking to me like this as well as treating me the same.
I never let my or any other kids talk to me in this manner.

But my friend says because she has Aspergers + Mental Illness that she really cannot help what she says/does.
That she shouldn’t be punished since she cannot hell how she behaves.
It is all out of her control.

I have zero experience caring for anyone w/Aspergers combined w/mental illness and I find this behavior unacceptable & cannot tolerate how she must always get her way or she threatens suicide.

I want to cease babysitting, but my friend is begging me to stay.

What do you all think I should do here?[/quote]

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