Parents can’t do it all themselves, especially when it comes to kids. They need a little bit of help whenever they need a break. That’s when babysitters come in, so they can go out for a night out or take that extra shift at work. Babysitters are a literal God send when it comes to saving the day.
It takes a sh*t ton of trust for parents to let someone else take care of their kids. My mom would only let my grandma take care of me for years until she was fully confident in another person to take over those duties. That’s just the deal with moms, ya know?
Having a complete stranger take care of your pride and joy is a nothing short of harrowing. What if they put the kids in danger? What if they give them too much sugar and the kids are still up running around past midnight? There are too many “what if’s” when it comes to a shady caretaker.
These 17 people are every parent’s nightmare:
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I have an app on my iphone that allows me to check my webcams on my 2 computers in the house and another in my 2 year old daughters room. I’ve checked the app on my phone during my lunch break and found our 17 year old female babysitter having sex with 2 different guys in a 6 hour time span (i went back 6 hours prior to this and found the 1st time). I left work immediately to find her sleeping on our couch while my daughter was running around naked and covered in marker.
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Worst would have to go to the lady that walked in on her husband giving the slim jim to the 13 year old babysitter
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I had just began looking for a part time sitter for my 3 year old, who has a dozen food allergies. One woman came highly recommended, and after meeting with her multiple times and having my son interact with her, we decided to hire her. She swore up and down she could handle all his food allergies, and I provided ALL of his food, requesting that the few hours she has him, to not cook or eat his 3 anaphylactic allergies. WELL. I got a call at work from her one day saying my son Neville had hives everywhere, so I went to pick him up. His dad and I got there and the babysitter was LAUGHING saying, “I was cooking eggs this morning and some spilled on the floor. Neville tried to pick them up and almost ate them!” He is DEATHLY allergic to eggs, and this woman was laughing about him almost eating his own death sentence. From the secondary reaction alone, he had facial swelling and hives. Needless to say, we never contacted her again.
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I hired a family friend to come over 3 days a week to watch our then 10, 6 and 3 year old. She had two young kids too so I told her to bring them along. I made sure there was food for all of them for breakfast and lunch everyday, her and her kids included. Her 4 year old would stand in the living room and scream until my kids woke up. From what my kids told me, she had my oldest preparing ALL of the meals they would eat, when I would come home there was food stuck on the table and milk spilled on the couch. From the internet history it looks like she spent 10 minutes every couple hours OFF the computer. After two weeks of asking her to change her behavior, I asked her to not come back.
Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.
