Babysitting is no simple task, that's why we pay babysitters and nannies the big bucks. Children, especially toddlers, can be notoriously difficult to wrangle. You need the right amount of patience, level-headedness, and willingness to tire yourself out. Not to mention it's a huge amount of responsibility. If something goes wrong, you need to be ready to snap into action. This is why it's no fun to ask someone to babysit at the last minute. Unless you're a seasoned pro or a parent yourself (even then, you probably have less patience for someone else's rugrat), it's a big ask. It gets even more complicated when you ask a family member.
Odds are, you rely on your for help in some ways, but it needs to be a reciprocal arrangement, or else it just feels icky. That's what came up in this family when one woman had an interesting idea on how to compensate her sister. Read on for the story.
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