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Bad Babysitter
"Isha explains why she is a horrible babysitter and warns parents not to hire her to watch their kids. Though, she does have a new job..."
By Isha Mitra
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Many teenagers look for babysitting jobs as a way to make a little extra spending money while in high school. For some this can be a very daunting and intimidating experience. Youth Radio’s Isha Mitra learns the value of trying something new and how failure is something everyone goes through.
So many third-rate horror movies are filled with pretty and innocent looking teenage babysitters who completely fool the unsuspecting parents and later morph into alien serial killers and terrorize the children all night.
But I have long since learned that parents don’t fear psychotic babysitters from slasher flicks. Rather, it’s the incapable and inefficient ones who are the real monsters. And I know now that I represent the hundreds of dubious, irresponsible teenage girls who parents don’t trust but must inevitably leave their kids with. I am a parent’s worst nightmare.
A husband and wife with 3 children begged me to be the permanent babysitter. The 1st time didn’t work out too well as all the kids got sick because I let them eat a ton of junk food. I was given another chance, but then I spilt candle wax and completely ruined their beautiful, leather coffee table.
After all my babysitting mishaps, even I had to admit that I wasn’t cut out for the job. But no matter. I’ve learned that there’s something else out there for me. And I’ll never find out just what I’m good at if I don’t try other things and fail at them. So I don’t regret my short-lived babysitting business. I now have a clean slate and a new job. So, does anyone out there need a dog-walker?
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