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One young au pair found this out the hard way when she travelled to the United States to care for two kids while she was studying. She immediately ran into difficulty with the family's strict rules around food, which allowed her to make meals from only one cupboard in the kitchen containing basic ingredients that were replenished once a month.
She began to use her small income to supplement her diet with some snacks, which at times, she ended up eating in front of the children she was caring for. They began asking if she would share, and she told them to ask their parents for snacks, as she was worried about her food budget and the family tended to eat very healthily.
When her host mom found out about this, she raged at her both for bringing junk food into her home and for not sharing with the kids. The nanny was left wondering if she had been too selfish.
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AITA for refusing to let my boss's kids eat my food?
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Commenters assured her she was not the one in the wrong here.
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Host mom flips out when 19-year-old nanny buys snacks, refuses to share them with her 2 kids: 'I'm only allowed to eat the items from one cabinet and they only replenish once a month'
Pretty much anyone who has worked in childcare will realize that it can be a wildly underpaid, underappreciated, and exploitative job. A genuinely frightening number of parents look upon the effort and responsibility it takes to keep their kids safe and happy, and decide that they want this task done while parting with the least amount of cash and resources possible.
With this in mind, many moms and dads in need of a babysitter will turn to family and friends to help them out, but sometimes this isn't feasible. That is where paid help comes in, and unfortunately, not every parent appreciates the work that they do as they should. Being a live-in nanny usually means being on call to watch the kids whenever your employer wants you to. You might hope that this means they would give you the right amount of compensation and appreciation in return, but often that isn't a reality.
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