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[quote=Anonymous]I am babysitting a 6 yo girl who goes to a half day afternoon K, so we spend some mornings together and then I drive her to school. I am not a career nanny but am in between jobs so this extra cash comes in handy. I was recommended to the family by a friend who knows me professionally and suggested this as a gig.
Every morning my charge is supposed to do some math problems. But one day the little girl slept in and after she had breakfast and she got ready for school we didn’t have much time so I suggested to not do math that day but just play a little and get out the door. She got very excited and later told her mom that I suggested not doing math, to which I have explained that we just didn’t have enough time. 
So this morning when we started math I noticed that one of the  problems she did previously (with her parents presumably) had a wrong answer and asked her to correct it. She started getting really defensive saying that the answer was approved by mom, I said fine, let’s double check it, even moms can make a mistake sometimes! She got very agitated and started saying that her mom knows math because she works as a doctor and I don’t know math because I “do nothing”. I said what do you mean? She said- you are not working. I said I was working part time. She said: but you are looking for a job? I said yes. She went on to say that mom says I can’t find a job because I have “bad ideas”. I asked what bad ideas? She said: well like that time when you said let’s not do math!
I told her that math and work don’t always go together, and it was just that one time when we didn’t have time to do math, but generally it is a good idea to do math (full disclosure: I think that math they are making her do is not age appropriate and she struggles, but or course that is none of my business).
Honestly I was fuming though. Not only do they think they know the reason I can’t find a job, but also they are discussing me in a disrespectful manner in front of a child who is fairly strong willed, always tests boundaries, and always makes a point of telling me how she would prefer to have her mom in the morning and not me (which I get, and don’t take personally, we still have fun and I know she enjoys my company). 
I am just venting here and looking for some opinions whether I did anything wrong in this case. Also, WWYD afterwards re: MB and DB? I know kids don’t always report accurately but I want to somehow call them out on their discussing me in front of the child. 
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