Woman Refuses to Babysit for Her Sister’s ‘Nightmare Child,’ But Will Babysit for Friend’s Kid, Resulting in Sisterly Dispute

Briana Viser • Writer and Editor

Jul 25, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Welcome back internet queens and kings. In life, we can choose our friends and partners, but we can't choose our family. More than that, we can't choose how our children will turn out, we can only hope to raise them in a way that makes them a good person in the world. Which brings us to the Reddit piece.

In this particular Reddit thread, there's a childless sister, and her older sister with a 4 year old son. The son has clear emotional and behavioral issues, and his mother is either complacent about it, or doesn't think it's a problem. It's to the point that her own sister won't babysit her nephew. At that point, you know there's a problem. After finding out her childless sister babysits for her friend's, she shows up at her sister's door with her 4 year old, screaming and cursing outside, banging on the door. So maybe there's a reason for the child's behavioral problems…

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