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Babysitting for a neighbor

halliekathleenhalliekathleen
in June 2011 Moms

This girl who lives on my street has three kids under the age of six just like I do. Now that I am off for the summer (I'm a teacher) she has already asked me to babysit on Friday all day. How can I politely say no? I feel bad because she is going through a divorce and doesn't have family nearby but I do not want to babysit three kids plus my own for free! What would you do? 

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Re: Babysitting for a neighbor

  • HallilHallil member

    I would just say, I'm sorry but I just can't commit to 3 more kids. My own are enough of a handful and we "might" be going out to (Insert park, mall, pool, shopping here) so there is no way I could do that with all of them.  

    I suppose you could be more direct, but personally I would say something like the above.

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  • march2008march2008 member

    I would just say ...."I'm sorry, but I don't feel like I can handle more than my own LO for the time being."

    Maybe there is a part-time day care place that she could use instead? We have a drop-in day care locally that can do as many or as little hours a week as someone needs. 

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