'I wasn’t allowed to discipline': 17-year-old allows spoiled niece and nephew to destroy the house after getting reprimanded for putting them in time-out

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

May 20, 2023 1:00 PM EDT

If you ever babysat as a teen, then you will feel this to your core. People think babysitting is an easy job, that's why teenagers are allowed to do it, right? Wrong. The only teenagers that don't struggle with babysitting are usually the ones who are older siblings and have had to watch over their younger siblings before. But if you as a teen who has zero experience in childcare, then you should be prepared for a lot of bumps on the road.

For example, this 17-year-old Redditor who took to the subreddit r/AITA for a babysitting gig they recently did for their brother and sister-in-law. This teen had never babysat before, but apparently they were in a pinch and really needed a sitter STAT. So the grandparents, aka the teen's parents said they'd pay, so they took the gig. However, it turns out these kids were spoiled brats and had zero discipline. They were wrecking the house, so he put them in timeout. Apparently the SIL rushed home and instead of reprimanding her children, she yelled at her inexperienced teen babysitter.

However, turns out nobody wants to watch these kids, because they asked for the teen to babysit again. Since this adolescent has no experience taking care of children and now has no authority to reprimand, they did exactly as they were told. They just watched the kids to make sure they didn't run away or get hurt, but other than that, they let them do whatever they wanted. So the kids (a 3 ½-year-old and a 2-year-old) destroyed the house doing toddler things like coloring on the walls and flushing toys down the toilet.

The mom was upset, but the teen just did what they were told to do. What did the SIL expect? Do you think this teen was the ahole of the SIL? Read for yourself below!