Childfree 24-year-old aunt refuses to babysit for her sister’s energetic 2, 4, and 7-year-olds while she’s working from home, gladly babysits her brother’s calm 6-year-old twins: ‘I can’t watch a difficult kid while I work.’

Not every babysitter is suited for every group of kids. When I babysat as a teenager, I really only did it for chill, well-behaved kids who didn’t need a lot of redirection or discipline. They were the kind of kids with 5 million ideas for how we would play together, and I’d just roll with the punches. My mom usually was the one who connected me with families to babysit, and I don’t think she would’ve trusted me to thrive babysitting an actual baby or a group of more than 3. Some teenagers are responsible enough to care for multiple rowdy kids for a couple of hours. Still, any parent who has children worthy of a Supernanny episode shouldn’t expect any babysitter to be able to handle their family. Even the nannies on Nanny.com deserve a big tip for managing a family of kids who are always bouncing off the walls. 

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