Babysitting All Day...

Question

I babysit my little brother and sister from the time my mom leaves for work, around 8am, til when she gets home, around 6pm. Sometimes my mom goes out later so she can see her friends and have fun. I want her to have a brake from work every once in a while, but sometimes it can really bug me. I'm stuck home ALL day, doing pretty much nothing but chores and reading. Sometimes I get to go over a friend's house at 7 or go to the movies, but it doesn't seem like enough. It would probably help me feel better about what I'm doing with my summer if I got paid or something, but I guess this is just my charity work. I guess I'm just wondering is.. what can I do to stop myself from getting so bored and aggravated during the day? Thanks. C=

Answer 1

time for you to have a talk with mom.  when you do be honest. this kind of thing can get out of hand pretty fast when you get that agravated.

Answer 2

What is your age?  If you are under 16 what your mother is doing is illegal and selfish.  What you can do is talk to your mother and tell her that you need to study with  your fellow students because that is the truth.  Your mom is using you so she can be a barfly and have her so-called fun every night.  If that is the case she maybe an alcoholic because I am a recovered alcoholic myself and I thank God I stopped that behavior when my son was still too young to really remember much of it.  When I saw how sad he looked when I would go out with friends, I decided to quit and that was almost 12 years ago and I dropped those so-called friends and spent time with my son and encouraged him to spend time with his school pals too.  I see a pattern in your moms behavior and you might need to take action because you only have your teen years once only.  Talk to your guidance counselor at school.  I wish the best for you and I hoped I helped.

Answer 3

well first tell ur mom to pay u 2 hours an hour!  go for a walk with the little ones. play with them. watch a movie with them. do most of everything with them.

then like play with ur little siblings like paint, make animals out of sandwhichs! here are some things u can do with ur siblings!

crackers !!

ham

cheddar cheese

pepporoni

any crackers

1. predict how many u  guys will eat then lay that many on a tray or plate.

2. then roll up the ham and cut it into three peices until u have enough for each cracker.

3. cut the cheddar cheese into 9 and keep cutting until u have enough for each cracker.

4. get pepporoni, dont cut unless wanted to. but get enough one for each cracker.

5. place the cheese, ham, pepporoni on the cracker and enjoy!

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finger paint, make something out of popsickle sticks. enjoy them before they turn into teenagers! make a dinner for the little ones and ur mom! or breakfeast or something.enjoy the summer!!!!

~valeria~