Make it stop
Today, I'm babysitting. The kids have only been home at the same time together for 15 minutes. Two of them have punched each other and the other is running in circles screaming. What is wrong with this picture? FML
Today, I'm babysitting. The kids have only been home at the same time together for 15 minutes. Two of them have punched each other and the other is running in circles screaming. What is wrong with this picture? FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I'm babysitting three children under the age of seven. They have no discipline, don't listen, scream all the time, won't nap, terrorize my dog, and have peed their pants a collective 5 times today. I am not getting paid for this. Their mother has no plans to come get them any time soon. FML
Today, I had to babysit two kids. It all went well until one of them duct taped a knife to a toy machine gun, lit the barbecue on fire, and ran around like a wild banshee screaming obscenities. The other one got scared and climbed onto the roof of the house. FML
Today, I was shut in a boiling hot room with six children: a ten year-old who kept shouting; a belligerent seven year-old; two five year-olds who thought hitting me was funny, and two two year-olds who wouldn't stop crying. Their parents were just outside, laughing away, ignoring me. FML
Today, the favorite activity of the four kids I'm babysitting is running up to me when I least expect it and farting on me. I can't even sit down without them attacking me with their butts. FML
Today, I had to babysit two kids. I told them to stop fighting, or to sit on separate couches. They stopped. I asked why nobody would sit on the other couch, where I'd been sitting. They told me it was the couch their autistic brother often pees on. FML
Today, I was babysitting my nephew. He was acting up, so instead of spanking him, I put him in the corner for timeout. He screamed and thrashed and kicked the walls so hard my neighbors called the police. My sister wasn’t answering her phone, and I had to explain why a 7-year-old was acting like that. FML
Today, despite the fact that I'm really sick, my mom insisted that I come home and help babysit my cousins this weekend. When I got there, everyone else took off to do "errands," leaving me with three hyperactive, howler monkey-like children to deal with. FML
Today, I babysat my neighbour's spoilt bratty twins. When I told them it was their bed time, they pushed me over. One then started smashing me with a plastic sword, and as I lay helpless on the floor the other one peed on me. I got owned by two five year olds. FML
Today, I was baby sitting ten year old twins. When they first saw me, they ran away screaming and hid in the closet. This isn't the first house where this has happened. FML
Today, I had to pick my daughter up from pre-school because she repeatedly hit another kid with a stick. Apparently, my parents have been letting her watch violent action movies again. FML
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foolest 7
the babysitter
fooltemptress 36
You’re posting to FML instead of actually watching the kids?
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Comments (21)
acmariner99 25
They’re kids?
TxKitten79 10
Right?!?!? LOL. Loved the (very true) response!
fooltemptress 36
You’re posting to FML instead of actually watching the kids?
Levi2411 41
Yes, definitely! That's the goal of all babysitters, to post things and not watch the rugrats. Pft. No, they were asleep.
foolest 7
the babysitter
manb91uk 22
Maybe it's time to break out the wholesome activities? Lego, painting, footie in the garden. They sound over stimulated so an active game will probably help. Is there a park nearby?
Yudith 28
I totally agree. They need some sportsy activity outside, like soccer or a fight club. If there's no park or greenery nearby, let them play in the alley behind the apartment or in some abandoned yard (check for used syringes first). Leave some empty soup cans and sticks for them to play with. This is the old "don't come back before dinner" trick of our grandmas. It's good for the cardio, it does wonders for the imagination and it never killed anyone according to everybody over 50. Anyway, kids are overprotected nowadays.
Jennifer Smith 2
Sucks to be you, but that is kids for you. Especially siblings.
thatsme293 28
Please read a book on English grammar. It’s not hard to write a paragraph.
Dave_Davington 35
You didn't give them cough syrup to knock them out. Oldest trick in the book, when it comes to little *****.
Madrias 36
Sounds like the inmates are running the asylum there.
AmbrosiaFan 19
What's wrong is you aren't doing anything about it....
xxWTFxx1981 23
Personally when I see kids acting a fool only thing wrong is parenting. You are obviously not good at it.