Kid Destroys Guitar, Dad Asks Babysitter To Replace It

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mattstaff
Apr 9, 2021 4:00 PM EDT

This dad has some kind of nerve. If you're going to go through the process of hiring someone to look after your kid, you very well might have to grow comfortable with the possibility of accidents occurring while you're away. It's the additional price you can end up paying outside of the babysitter fee. With that being said, this dad somehow expected the hard working babysitter to cover the cost of a guitar that was broken by his kid while he was away. 

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    Font - Font - AITA for asking for compensation for something my kid destroyed? We hired a babysitter we've had a few times at a good rate of $20/hr since it was only for 3 hours in our home. The babysitter is a 19 year old woman if it matters, I think maybe the age will affect something. My wife had to rush to work in an emergency and I was already at work. The babysitter is already familiar with some of our rules, like our 3y/o is only allowed in the living room, play room, and dining room (whe
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    Font - Font - The babysitter I guess had an emergency herself and had to be on the phone for 20 minutes. For some reason, she decided to take the call outside, her rationale was it was private and didn't want our child to listen in. In those 20 minutes, our daughter was able to move the couch to the living room gate, scale the gate, head into the basement, and pull one of my guitars off the wall. The neck is all warped and my luthier said the neck needs to be replaced. I'm asking the babysitter
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    Font - Font - PhilRiverStreet180 · 23h · Colo-rectal Surgeon [32] BTW - I assume you have additional insurance coverage for your valuable guitar collection. G Reply 4 538 3 ...
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    Font - Font - 1 Award I'm sorry...your 3 year old moved a couch? 6 Reply 4 2.8k 3 ...
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    Font - Font - lorelorelei • 23h · Colo-rectal Surgeon [33] I think this situation is reason for you to stop hiring her as your babysitter, but asking a 19-year-old to pay you $2,200 for something that was ultimately destroyed by your child is too much. She failed in her duty to supervise your child, so you're justified in not hiring her again, but other than that, how can you possibly expect her to pay you all that? It's just unreasonable, as is the fact that you're not asking her to repair your
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    Font - Rectangle - panthera_tigris_773 • 23h I think you're being too harsh. What 19 year old has $2,200? I would be more concerned that she stepped outside for long enough that the baby was able to do all that. She could have been injured. G Reply 391 ...
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    Font - Font - 31 Awards YTA. Your valuables should be insured and locked up. Your baby gate should be secured. You are responsible for buying a couch that a literal baby can move (what kind of a couch is that??). You are responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training your employee. You are responsible for your minor child's actions. The baby sitter is partially to blame, sure, but you also share a large portion of the blame. The babysitter would be responsible for a portion of the repair-not
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    Font - Font - EmergencyBenches · 23h ΥΤΑ. The babysitter was being irresponsible by leaving the kid alone. Yes, that means she's not all that good at her job. By all means don't hire her from now on. But asking her to pay the bill? You need to child-proof your stuff, you should know as a parent. Plus, where would a 19 y.o babysitter get that money upfront? Think she's being reasonable by only offering to have done it for free. I get you're annoyed about the damage, but kids are unpredictable and
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    Font - Font - I just want to see a video of your 3yo accomplishing all that. I'm picturing American Ninja: Toddler Edition. Also, YTA. Just let her pay for the repair. She shouldn't have taken the phone call outside, but ffs, she's 19, and she's obviously broke if she's babysitting for your stingy household. On top of that, you're insisting on the most expensive fix possible. Is your name Ebenezer Scrooge? Also why is your child only allowed in the living room, dining room, play room? She's not
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    Font - Font - YTA Your stuff, your kid, your problem. Even though the babysitter screwed up. And trying to get the value of a new guitar, when a used guitar broke, is too much anyway. I think the wall thing is bad. Plus it's cliche. These are better if you don't want to just put guitars in their cases. G Reply 178 3 ...
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    Font - Font - ΥΤΑ. Kids get away from you eventually, no matter who you are or how attentive you try to be. With a child in the house, all valuables should be stored away safely somewhere your kid can't get to them. You would 100% be an AH if you ask for any financial assistance from the babysitter. Also, if you decided to do so anyway, your babysitter is entitled to refuse. Any small claims court will be able to see you were negligent by not safely storing away your valuables. A child causing d
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    Font - Rectangle - pink-agaricus• 23h YTA. This could have happened even when you and your wife were home and watching the kid. That's the risk when you have a kid and also own nice things. 6 Reply 4 104 3 ...
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    Font - Font - No_Proposal7628 · 18h ΥΤΑ. It sounds like your basement warped the neck of your guitar so why don't you ask your basement to pay you $2200 instead of the babysitter. While she shouldn't have left your daughter unwatched, your 3 year old didn't warp your guitar neck in less than 20 minutes according to some of the comments from professionals here. You're just trying to scam a 10 year old out of a large chunk of money she doesn't have. G Reply 4 19 3 ...
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    Font - Smile - Deqchild · 23h • Partassipant [1] YTA. Your stuff, your kid, your problem. She shouldn't have left the child alone to talk on the phone but that could happen as well with either of you there. G Reply 4 34 3 ...
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