![]() ![]() “I think that … this generation feels they’re entitled to everything,” Betty adds. I spied on my father babysitting my son - what I saw was hilarious and terrifying ![]() I'm a live-in nanny - there are five things I will never do Sex abuse victim's mom rips 'pedophile' former babysitter at sentencing: 'Straight-up predator'įemale baby-sitter accused of raping boy, 13, telling him to 'take it like man' ![]() My friends who will privately say they resent it.” “I’d rather be honest with my kids than resent them. “I feel like I paid my dues,” she says, adding that, as a stay-at-home mother, she never had any outside help caring for her brood. Still, the 65-year-old - who asked that her last name not be used, for privacy reasons - insists that her refusal to baby-sit has nothing to do with her love for her children. “When they came home, I gave them $20 and I said, ‘Go hire a baby sitter.’ ” But she didn’t stay long, calling them to say their baby wouldn’t stop crying. Even so, she agreed to watch their infant one evening when the couple went to a wedding. “From Day 1, I said, ‘I don’t baby-sit,’ ” says Betty, a Midwood grandmother who broke the news to her son and his wife when they told her they were expecting. But some are getting fed up, and are either setting limits on their duties or outright refusing to sit in the first place. No wonder grandparents are stretched so thin these days. Most people feel most comfortable with family.” I don’t say anything, because they’re my grandchildren.” Besides, she adds, “child care is expensive and you hear these horrible stories. “Who else are you going to leave them with?” says the East Meadow, LI, 75-year-old, who works three days a week at a medical supply store and juggles lunch dates and doctor appointments to care for the kids. Every weekday afternoon, Maureen Fried or her husband picks up three grandchildren from three different schools, brings them to their daughter’s house, oversees their homework and gives them a snack. ![]()
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