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Anonymous wrote:Where are the moms on this article? In my perfect world they are fully present with their families today, considering that it's Sunday.

They are spending time with their families and won't be posting until tomorrow while at work.

Yes but they CAN post at work. Many professionals in office jobs work at their own pace and don't have a deadline for whatever they're doing. They need to get the work done but can stop and go as they please. I know many who can go into work at whatever time they want. Most choose early in the morning and stick to a regular schedule but if they wanted to go in a wee bit later, they can.. Unlike nannies who need to work at a set-time and you have need constant eyes on children. It's much different.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are the moms on this article? In my perfect world they are fully present with their families today, considering that it's Sunday.

They are spending time with their families and won't be posting until tomorrow while at work.

Ha, ha!

Anonymous wrote:Where are the moms on this article? In my perfect world they are fully present with their families today, considering that it's Sunday.

They are spending time with their families and won't be posting until tomorrow while at work.

I deal with:
#1 I know they work long hours, but leaving your underwear in the living room and dirty dishes from last night in the sink is disgusting. Not to mention the wet diapers in the cribs.

#10 I think they don't tell me when their kid has been vomiting non-stop because they think I won't show up. They are right. It was in my contract to not work with extremely ill children. Colds are fine, but vomiting bug or flu...no, I'm a student and can't afford to get sick.

I deal with number 2 all the time. I feel like I constantly have to remind parents to pay me and it is so uncomfortable. Once I had a one day job for a family I had never babysat for and didn't know very well. The dad comes home and I have to ask him to pay me and then he says his wife had the check book and he didn't have any cash. I had to politely ask him to go back out and get cash because I wasn't sure I was even going to see them again. It resulted in me having to stay an extra 20 minutes unpaid. Grrrr

Where are the moms on this article? In my perfect world they are fully present with their families today, considering that it's Sunday.

OMG to #9. My boss has multiple times asked me to stay for an overnight at short notice with the knowledge that they have explicitly asked me not to touch their food nor am I allowed to take baby to get food! I end up ordering takeout on my dime to do her a favor.

I liked some of the rules a lot, but number 4 was awful.
a) I'm hoping she checked with the parents before telling the kids her boyfriend would come over!
b) threatening to never come back again if they misbehaved? Unless you follow through, that's an empty threat. Empty threats don't work once kids learn you won't follow through.
c) This one made me think of the smoking thread, and why I'd never hire a smoker: One allows herself a covert cigarette break on the back deck after the little ones are successfully tucked in.

and number 9! Oh man. I used to babysit for one family, usually right after my day job, and they had almost no food in their house. Unless I had time to stop at the grocery store in between, I couldn't eat dinner.

Excellent article, OP. Thank you for sharing that.

You'd think that #8 would be a no-brainer. The more housekeeping the sitter does for you, the less time she has for your kid. Duh.

You moms are really short changing your own kid when you do that. Not good parenting.

http://www.womansday.com/sex-relationships/family/10-things-your-babysitter-wont-tell-you-104525 Most of these are pretty accurate especially number 7. So tired of hearing "well my mommy lets me do it".