DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have two children and work opposite evening shifts so that one of us is home with the kids at all times. Recently, my best friend from high school surprised me with concert tickets to our favorite band, but the concert is on a night I’m supposed to be with … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Our adult daughter has children we adore. She asked if we could help out by watching them for a few hours occasionally, and we jumped at that. We had done this regularly before the delivery of the newest addition (three months ago), and the kids would occasionally spend the night. With the new … Read more
Many parents have rules when it comes to others babysitting their little ones. No posting on social media, excessive screen time, or leaving the kids unsupervised come up a lot. No visitors is also a common one. But what happens when the “visitor” is a delivery driver from DoorDash, bringing you some food? For one mom, this exact circumstance sent … Read more
Everyone approaches parenting in their own way. But what happens when you disagree with what someone is doing? Or, you’re even worried that it could be crossing a harmful line? One woman is seeking people’s advice after she babysat her brother’s child and was concerned by what took place. Posting on in a parenting group, she explained that … Read more
A graduate who has SEVEN jobs is “addicted to being busy” and loves her hectic lifestyle. Kloe Woodroffe, 21, currently works as professional dance instructor, baker, influencer, barista, and babysitter, while she also does boat trip tours and works at Subway. Kloe says she thrives on her busy schedule and has no plans to slow … Read more
When Jessica dropped her young daughter, Victoria, off at her sister’s house for the afternoon, she was expecting everything to go well. Jessica had to work over the weekend, so she asked her sister – who has three kids of her own – if she could watch her daughter while she was away. But, as … Read more
Making a quick buck these days is child’s play — so says this money-hungry mama. Sending your little one off for a play date with a friend is all fun and games until the other kid’s mom requests reimbursement for the snacks, games and bathroom breaks your child enjoyed while under her tightwad watch. Shay left social … Read more
Meet the happiest nannies on earth. Disney-bound parents overwhelmed by the idea of a family park visit are increasingly turning to companies like Once Upon a Nanny and Nanny Land, which offer up the services of a nanny and a Disney tour guide all in one. With businesses booming for both companies, according to TODAY.com, … Read more
I’ll be the first to admit, setting clear boundaries is hard. I used to take a friend’s child home with us from school for months because she was at work. It wasn’t a work day for me, and I was already collecting my own kids, so it made sense. Only it was exhausting to look after someone’s kid plus … Read more
When Jessica dropped her young daughter, Victoria, off at her sister’s house for the afternoon, she was expecting everything to go well. Jessica had to work over the weekend, so she asked her sister – who has three kids of her own – if she could watch her daughter while she was away. But when she picked … Read more
Sandra Weir isn’t a wedding crasher. But her name’s hardly ever on the guest lists of the nuptials she attends. Still, the New Yorker gets to applaud happy couples on their big days — so long as no diapers need changing nor temper tantrums need soothing. “As a wedding nanny, I take care of all the … Read more
Sisters Lily* and Claudia* have been doing things together forever. Even when they welcomed kids of their own, they always made an effort to spend quality time together, even if it’s just for an afternoon. Lily’s daughter, Kylie* is 17 and loves babysitting her younger cousins, nine-year-old Mia* and seven-year-old Nathan*. Whenever Lily’s mom and aunt head out for an … Read more
Living childfree isn’t totally free. A singleton says her gaggle of mom friends tried coercing her into chipping in towards their babysitting bill following a girls’ night out — after she picked up the entire dinner tab. “I’ve had the same group of girlfriends since high school, there are five of us. Each have a kid … Read more
When dance/electronic band Jungle performed at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens this September, 25-year-old Natalie Abatemarco didn’t bat an eye when shelling out around $100 for a ticket. Her 9-to-5 job is as a media content manager, but the East Village resident has an easy, lucrative side-hustle in babysitting, raking in as much as $800 … Read more
Might as well call her Jo Frost. Brenna, a part-time, live-in nanny in Utah, took to TikTok last week to share the five things that she would never do on the job after working in the profession for five years. Her video has already reached 38,100 views on the social media app. Kicking off the … Read more
A woman has enraged people after admitting she refused to look after her nephew when her sister-in-law went into labor two weeks early. Jessica explained that she and her husband are childfree and never babysit or linger at family gatherings where there’s children. However, her brother Ben still asked her if she’d be willing to watch her five-year-old nephew … Read more
This nanny’s on come-to-daddy duty. Flaunting her ample chest, taut midriff and rounded hips as resume boosters, professional babysitter Ariane Davis loves caring for kids — and enjoys “taking care” of their fathers at bedtime even more. “Reasons why I love to be a babysitter,” Davis, a 19-year-old student at the University of South Florida, … Read more
As new parents, Nina and her husband are struggling for money. Her daughter is just a few months old, but she’s already looking at daycare, and worrying the fees will eat up much of what she earns. They’ve got over $7,000 in credit card debt, and Nina said paying daycare fees could drive them further into debt. … Read more
A mother of three young children has revealed the “unacceptable” act that saw her sack her family’s 21-year-old babysitter. Posting on Reddit’s “Am I the A–hole” forum, the woman explained how she recently hired a co-worker’s younger stepsister to babysit her children aged five, eight, and 10 several times this month. “She’s a student doing … Read more
Baby’s week out! A British babysitter has gone viral with a video on TikTok about how she once took her neighbors’ toddler on vacation for a week, calling the 1991 incident “the biggest mistake I ever made.” The video has reached nearly 2 million views since it was posted last Thursday. The woman — who … Read more