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Babysitting is surely one of the most demanded jobs in today’s world. Entitled parents simply make it worse. Like these parents who left us questioning their sanity…

If you’re going to be that classist, you have to have basic spelling skills. They want a babysitter who will work five days of the week from six in the morning to seven at night, but it’s preferable that the sitter is in college. We’re going to take a wild guess that the person who posted this doesn’t know about the number of credit hours a regular university requires.

Common sense dictates that the harder the job, the more the pay is. The pay required to look after a calm five-year-old might not be the same as the pay a babysitter would expect for looking after toddlers who aren’t even potty trained.

$15 an hour for two kids that need constant attention is totally reasonable. Not only did the parents have the audacity to question the babysitter’s rates, but they also patronized them about how they should be grateful for the $10 they’re willing to pay.

If this post is real, this woman is too dumb to have children. Or, she’s completely delusional and has no clue how the world around her functions. Her good-natured neighbor agreed to babysit her kids for free while she was attending college classes.

Instead of being grateful, she tried to devise a disturbing yet utterly stupid plan. To answer her question, she cannot sue a random male for child support simply because he took on a caregiver’s role for one night. This isn’t a dystopian society.

At first glance, you might confuse this advertisement for a high, six-digit paying job. Unfortunately, it pays $10 an hour with humiliation on the side. With nine years of experience, a degree in childcare, a CPR certificate, and perfect records, a babysitter could work for people like Blake Lively or Angelina Jolie.

Why would they resort to working for a stuck-up parent who clearly has no idea how to respect professions? The highlight of the entire advertisement is them asking the babysitter to be okay with paying for snacks.

A pleasant initiative by the government was introducing babysitting services for spouses of deployed citizens. The service is free and aims to help families sustain themselves with limited family members. However, as the service is free, there’s a certain protocol you must follow for signing up.

There’s a bit of paperwork associated with it but it’s mostly for the safety of the child. Momma didn’t want to go through the proceedings but was willing to reap the benefits. Doesn’t seem like she cares much about her baby.

A military couple posted an advertisement and when a Redditor reached out to them, things got ugly. They told the babysitter that they were expected to look after their child around the clock. One holiday would be granted every two weeks and they would be paying “under the table” so the sitter could receive the money without tax payment.

Instead of being sensible people who would pay a reasonable amount for an important service, they asked the babysitter to sign up for the unemployment benefits program to subsidize their payment.

A personal babysitter advertisement with requirements like CPR certification and references. Seems fair enough. When you ask for quality service, you have to be ready to pay for it. What’s not okay is paying $30 for a 40-hour workweek.

No one can work for 40 hours a week and pay the bills with $30. Unless you’re a teenager with absolutely nothing to do and coming up with ideas to spend time without much gain, this job is absolutely ridiculous. Who can live on $120 per month?

It’s sad how some people won’t consider babysitting as a service. Babysitters are on a job to take care of your children while you are gone. It’s synonymous with you working at the office to get your clients’ demands fulfilled or a maid keeping the house neat and tidy.

No one would be okay with putting so much effort into doing something without some form of incentive — in this case, money. Whoever posted this was surely not familiar with the concept of paying for a job!

A freelancer and software engineer, a man was shamed by his own family for asking $35 to babysit. He would be making $40 an hour on her freelancing gig, so $35 per hour for three children was a great deal.

However, his cousin and her husband were infuriated by the demand, pushing him to accept $15 per hour. The irony exists in how he was called a child as a 24-year-old. On top of that, his mother was angry at him. In our opinion, he didn’t do anything wrong.

Advertising for private care below the minimum wage is illegal. The shifts mentioned in the post are all over the place and in every case, the babysitter earns under four bucks an hour. This “secondary” babysitter phrase is just there to shield how illogical the payment is. Even teenagers start at $9 to $10 an hour.

When called out for her weird requirements, the mother got defensive very quickly, claiming that the comments were simply wasting her time. She claimed she didn’t want to “break the bank.”

Trades can be a great way to make a deal without getting money involved. This, however, is not the proper way to conduct a trade. You get eight hours of babysitting with a girl who cares for your children, she gets free ice-cream and quality time with the children.

Even though they had originally agreed on $16, the parent backed out after the day, claiming they tend to delete messages. After the babysitter turned down their ridiculous request to accept $20 instead of $128, they blocked the sitter!

$100 per week for working in a semi-prison. Almost a 12-hour shift, this job asked way too much for the babysitter for way too little money. To think the mother asked for the sitter to provide vegan organic food to her children when the sitter would only be making $400 a month for the first six months.

Pretty sure they themselves don’t know the prices of organic foods. The babysitter couldn’t sleep, couldn’t have friends over, and neither could they leave the child alone for a second.

For three children, $160 a week isn’t enough, especially if the babysitter is expected to put in 12 hours per day five days a week. Based on that, the sitter would be earning $3.50 per hour.

A lot of the time, parents don’t realize that by reducing the incentive so much, they’re ruling out a lot of the good sitters out there. People know the worth of their time and anyone who has genuinely babysat before would know how bad of a deal that is.

First of all, this parent doesn’t seem to understand the concept of the pandemic. If someone has the virus, they are expected to stay inside and isolate themselves to stop the spread — it’s called quarantine.

Posting on a public page looking for an unpaid babysitter who would care for a sick child that’s prone to throwing up won’t get them anywhere. The parent is quite ungrateful, terming it “common courtesy” for people to help each other. Why would someone look after a stranger’s infected child?

The repetition of the phrase “pretty please” is what earns this one a spot in our top (worst) delusional parents list. Parents often ask their friends who also have children to get them in contact with a reliable babysitter.

If a babysitter knows they’re good at their job, it’s natural for them to raise their rates. In this case, $30 an hour is an amazing deal. No matter how much of an “angel” her kids are, the number four is still a lot!

Ghosting people isn’t the nicest thing to do, but when the person is like the poster of this advertisement, it could be justified. For nine hours of work per day, the job offered $20 to the babysitter, putting the equation at $2 per hour.

Naturally displeased with her job, the original babysitter stopped answering the parent. Baffled by her insolence, the parent quickly posted an ad in hopes of attracting a new sitter. Probably didn’t get many answers, though.

The minimum wage in America is $7.5 per hour. However, that’s definitely not enough to live a normal life. You could simply get by if you eat one or two meals a day each valued under 50 cents.

Even after the horrible pay discrimination existing in the market, inhumane people post these ads without the slightest bit of consideration. Making $25 a day for 10-hour workdays isn’t okay. It’s weird to even think a babysitter can make a living out of that.

This must be a paper from the ‘70s because these rates are a joke! $2.5 per hour for three children? Not only that, but the timing varies as well! So, the babysitter could be called in on a weekend only to be paid that amount for an hour of services.

Alternatively, they could get $20 for the whole day, doesn’t matter whether they put in four hours or 12. It’s funny how the parents found it no big deal to post something that delusional in the local newspaper.

Parents! Just because you “fed” your babysitter doesn’t mean they owe you something. Food isn’t a luxury item so the least you could do for your babysitter (aside from paying them properly), is offering them a meal or two. A weird parent canceled on a babysitter as they asked for their due payment.

Their reasoning indicated that they were displeased with how the babysitter seemed “ungrateful” even though they had been paid in the past and fed. They know they have to pay each time they get a babysitter, right?

The texts start off seemingly okay, with the man praising the babysitter on their art style. It’s not long before the messages take a weird turn and we’re rendered speechless. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the babysitter was his wife’s friend.

Seeing unused art supplies in the sitter’s den, he told her he could “gift” a piece to them on Christmas. Then, came the words every artist dreads — “You’re going to get exposure for it!” Exposure doesn’t pay the bills and neither does a compliment.

How silly of the person to assume they had asked for a cat sitter! What could have even led them to the conclusion? Except for the fact that the person explicitly mentioned “cat sit” in their very first text.

When they heard the rate for three hours of cat sitting, which was a fair price of $25, they turned on their words immediately. Perhaps they forgot you can read texts from the other part if they’ve not been removed. Funny how they didn’t first mention the cats’ play date.

Children, up to the age of six or seven, are generally a handful. If you can’t handle the pressure and expenses of being a parent, maybe don’t have children. However, not many people are up for that conversation.

$300 every two weeks would be decent had there not been three children and nine-hour workdays involved. What does it even mean to get a real job? Are they disregarding how important a job babysitting is? Your children would be left alone without supervision for hours!

A random internet scroller called this a classic case of the “military card.” Couples will often slide in how they work in the military in hopes of taking advantage of people. While it’s not what every other military personnel will do, it’s a pretty common phenomenon in these cases.

Everything always starts off with, “She’s an angel and will be no bother at all!” Entrusting your child with someone who would be okay with $300 a month seems risky, doesn’t it? People spend more than that on food per month.

Did you think it was an advertisement for a babysitter as well? You’re wrong! It’s actually an ad for help with a bachelor’s degree. At least some people have the decency to limit tasks to a household basis.

This person, however, went all-in on their requirements list. The babysitter will have to be at the parents’ beck and call and complete a plethora of tasks. Starting from running errands to arranging emails and filing, the requirements don’t match up to the $12 per hour offer.

Single moms deserve salutes for the dedication and hard work they put into raising their children. A mother was looking for a babysitter and asked her neighbors to quote the rates of babysitters close by. One of her neighbors mentioned how her daughter babysits for $10 an hour, which is rather cheap.

Thrown off by the “extremely high” rate, the mother said that she has adult friends with CPR certifications who would do it for less. You have your answer there, Momma! Just call your friends!

A full-time in-home sitter doesn’t come cheap, especially if they’re highly trained and/or a natural with children. A five-day week job requires the babysitter to put in 11 and a half hours of work every day. In return, they would earn $120 for that week. So, that’s about $2.1 per hour.

These parents should be handed $120 after breaking their backs at their jobs for a week and then asked to live with it. Also, if Monday threw Friday, where did Friday land?

When money is tight, having kids around the house makes it more difficult. After all, raising a child is expensive. With her eight-year-old daughter, one single mother posted an advertisement looking for a babysitter.

She was willing to pay $1,000 for the 10 weeks of service. Whoever would take the job would have to be at work from seven in the morning to six in the evening. Many would do this for free for a relative or close family, but as a job, it’s a joke!

In conclusion, this post is looking for a housekeeper rather than a babysitter as advertised. No babysitter will run your home’s errands for you. They will not help the family do grocery shopping and neither will they make payments for you at the bank.

What they need is a dedicated housemaid who would stay at their place and help them keep their home organized. They can make such requirements if they’re willing to make a significant payment. $13 an hour for a bi-lingual multitasker is an extreme undervaluation.

You heard of those horrible internships where you have to pay the delusional employer to work for them? That’s definitely one of the worst forms of capitalism existing today. Here’s a unique take on the reverse payment option in internships.

You must pay the couple $60 per week during school weeks to stay in their “condo” in exchange for taking care of their baby and being somewhat of a housekeeper. Of course, meals aren’t included in the package because why have the basic decency for that?

In all honesty, this person deserves a bit of credit for asking opinions on this. We aren’t saying what they said makes any sense, but at least they tried to get thoughts. When you’re paying $1,500 a month rent, you expect a decent place that you can feel at home in.

What you shouldn’t get is a sudden notice to babysit the landlord’s six-month-old. Plus, they have to put in a one-month notice if the landlord is away overnight. Nothing makes sense here.

A little bit of appreciation for the mother who’s willing to feed the babysitter as well as her child (if she has any) while the sitter is on the job. This isn’t a huge deal, especially in comparison to the rest of the advertisement.

Both the shift options require the sitter to work for about 10 hours. They get paid $20 for the day, which gives them $2 an hour. At that rate, it’s understandable why the previous sitter would sit there watching TV without a care in the world.

Short and sweet, this advertisement is looking for a daycare for a six-year-old boy. Alternatively, the parent would be okay with a babysitter too if they would work from eight in the morning to four in the afternoon for $30.

The babysitter would be earning less than four dollars in this case. Under these circumstances, we can only think of two plausible options for the parent — they either get a disinterested teen who has nothing to do for the summer and needs the $30 as pocket money, or they call in a relative for help.

Speaking of pocket money, this seems like a very tempting advertisement. In search of a reliable person who would sit in a stranger’s home, calmly watch Netflix between 7:30 pm to 10 pm, and earn $10 for it.

If you have some hours to spend and no Netflix account, this would seem like a swell deal. However, there are some hidden clauses here. The neighbor is indirectly looking for a babysitter to take care of her two high-needs children for $10 a night.

In some regions, this is a decent deal. It’s not great and it won’t help the sitter live solely on that income, but maybe if someone was truly in need, it would work. A non-smoker babysitter who has a car, a CPR certification, and a college degree wouldn’t generally be down to work for $13 per hour.

The shift starts at four in the morning, which makes the rate even worse. Perhaps if the sitter was allowed to bring their own child, one could make it work.

Many people seem to confuse the concept of daycare and babysitters. A daycare looks after multiple children at once, making it easy for them to cut down on rates. Even then, their prices aren’t always budget-friendly. A babysitter will often sit at the parents’ home and provide one-on-one care for the child.

If you require undivided attention for your children, please be prepared to pay for said undivided attention. Mocking this young girl’s CPR certification simply goes to show how shallow some folks are.

Had the requirements been for five to six hours and only one child had to be taken care of, it would be a doable job. Designating $20 per day for three children gives each child a quota of around seven buckaroos.

Combine that with the working hours (that haven’t been mentioned so it could be a 10-hour workday), and the rates are an actual joke. A babysitter could make less than two dollars. The poster of this advertisement is questionable too, stating a “babysitter” took the life of her first child.

For the first and last time — babysitting isn’t a hobby! For many people, it’s a source of permanent income. Babysitters don’t put thousands of dollars into training and childcare studies for dense parents to call them mental for charging decent rates.

If your babysitter is sitting watching TV only, maybe rethink your decisions. If someone is getting paid okay, they will try to do their job well so they don’t get fired. Sadly for this couple, they didn’t count the impact having children would have on their social life.

This has to be a clickbait of the worst kind! A parent posted an advertisement in search of a babysitter to come in weekly from 4:30 am to 10:30 am. While six dollars is still below the minimum wage line, that’s not even the worst part.

In the broad description of the job, they mention how they can’t afford to pay more than five to ten dollars a day. What was that $6/hour for then? A babysitter could make about a dollar on that job.

“Reliabale” babysitter required. The post indirectly states that it will pay the babysitter next to nothing, but there’s nothing to fear! The parent will supply the essentials their baby requires. Read that again.

They really think they’re doing something by including the bare necessities of a child. Isn’t it too far-fetched to expect your babysitter to buy your child’s food or diapers? Working for 10 hours every day and earning $20 for it seems like an awful deal.

Might be the worst paying job out of this bunch so kudos to the advertisement poster for being the nightmare employer. An on-call babysitter who will work for eight hours and not mind getting $50 every two weeks sounds like a fantasy.

With $7.14 to their name every day, the babysitter stands a chance to earn $0.89 per hour. $100 a month to live in America? We fear the parent doesn’t know America too well.

Aside from the weird factor that the couple is trying to leave a 10-month-old alone at home while they vacation, the budget is somewhat confusing. When taken into consideration, the around-the-clock babysitter would make $3.75 per hour.

That’s not the worst as they would be staying at the couple’s condo. This seems like this could work for a homeless person seeking accommodation. At those rates, this is the kind of babysitter they would attract. However, it’s not the worst.

All the “haha” reactions on her post speak plenty about how people are feeling about her words. $15 per hour is good, but combine that with her arrogance and mixed demands, and this job becomes a nightmare. For the three to four hours the babysitter is on duty, they can’t sit idle for a second.

If they’re done with their babysitting chores, they have to do tasks that might not encompass their job description. “Do what I do,” she said. The nanny is a paid caregiver, not the children’s mother!

There’s so much going on in this job advertisement. First of all, the parent says they will pay for the job by giving the nanny a room. That would be okay had the nanny been asked to work for a few specific hours each day.

However, on top of being a full-time housekeeper who’s constantly taking care of the children, they are expected to pay $450 for utilities? How would the nanny be making those $450 if they were to be running behind the delusional parent’s child all day?

You can tell that this couple knew what a joke their advertisement was. This is why they tried to casually slide in how they have a pool. Reporting to the job at 5:40 am every weekday, the babysitter would have to stick around until 3:30 pm.

This means that on a $300/week pay rate, they are working 50 hours and getting six bucks an hour. Hey, at least the babysitter could totally work on their tan by the poolside!

It’s sad how the original rate would be lower had there not been a medical element involved. Credits to the parent as they slyly skipped mentioning the hours. They knew they could pique people’s interests with the $80 to $100 bi-weekly rate.

Given it’s an eight-hour workday weekly, the babysitter would be making no more than a dollar per child. A commonly used excuse by inconsiderate parents is how they can’t afford much on their fixed income. The babysitter can’t afford rice on the money you’re suggesting!