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Input: A family friend of about four years asked me to be a live in nanny for a week for her two kids aged 8 &amp; 10 whilst she went on a business trip out of state; and although in order to do this for her I had to request time off from my job, I agreed. The gig was from Sunday to Friday and she agreed to pay me $1,000.

I’m sorry this is a pretty long story but, my car had to be fixed so I was driving a rental for a few days. the Friday their mother was set to return, I picked the kids up from school, took them out to dinner, and went back to their house. As soon as we got in, i received a call saying my car was ready to be picked up so we got back out to return the rental car &amp; pick my car up. When we got back to their house with my car, I realized I had left my backpack which contained my MacBook in the rental car. 

I told the kids we had to get back out and they both started groaning, which was understandable bc the boy was on his ps4 and the girl was on YouTube. I said more firmly “okay let’s go” because the place closed soon. The girl said she didn’t want to go. We went back and forth with me asking them to get in the car and them saying no. Finally the boy said we can just stay here. To which I replied “are you sure?” They both said yes. I said “you won’t be scared?” They both said no. Before I decided to leave them I looked how far away the place was from their house. I had intentionally chosen somewhere near them so I looked on google maps and it said the place was 2.5 miles from their house (about 7 minutes away). I told them where I was going &amp; about how long I’d be gone. I checked to make sure the boy had his cellphone. I asked him if he had my mobile number, he said yes that his mom had emailed it to him before she left. They had another cellphone and I gave it to the girl &amp; told her my number is programmed in if needed. Then I asked them a final time to get in the car, the boy said “no, we’re fine”.

I was gone 10 minutes. The one road from their house to the rental center has a single light which gets pretty heavy traffic &amp; it was green and then coming back it was a right turn so I had no waiting at that particular light. I get back &amp; ask them how they were while I was gone. The girl says fine. Mom comes back around 5:30pm. She pays me $500 cash then writes me a $500 check.

The next morning she sends me several texts that read “kids told me you left them alone yesterday is this true? You can never them alone. You should always take them with you. It’s against the law you can’t leave kids under 12 alone. Ever.” 
I promptly sent a text saying yes I did leave them &amp; I apologized twice. I sent her the address of the place, told her I asked them several times to get in the car and they refused. 

She then started saying I would end up in jail bc it’s neglect, etc. etc. She also claims that I never interacted with her kids &amp; i didn’t comb her daughters hair. These claims are just blatantly false. I didn’t reply to her future texts bc I felt they were disrespectful and there was nothing I could do but offer my apologies which I had already done. She ended up cancelling the check, causing the particular account I had deposited it into to go into the negative &amp; I was charged a $12 return check fee from my bank. I sent a very blunt text telling her that ultimately my services were rendered &amp; I expect my money by the end of the week or I will file a small claims lawsuit.

I might feel differently if her kids hadn’t been the most difficult children I had ever worked with. Every night the 8yo girl would scream and holler like someone was physically harming her when I told her it was time to get in the bed. Bedtime being 8:30pm. She would stop crying immediately when she would get out of bed to play with the dog. I would tell her to get in bed and screaming would resume. It was so bad the first night that at midnight I called the mom &amp; asked her how to get the girl to stop screaming. She said “she does this to me every night. I was hoping she wouldn’t do this to you” then told me to give her Benadryl tablet. I was not warned she would do this AT ALL. this went on every night I was there.

The kids and the mom all sleep in the same bed in the moms room, even though the kids each have their own room &amp; beds. So the 10yo old boy would become so angry with the girl for crying while he was trying to sleep, he would hit her and call her fat and stupid and other names. When I suggested the boy go to his room he called me stupid.  The boy finally went to his room, the girl still screaming I decided to again call the mom. She told me an adult woman to go sleep in the same bed as her minor child. This felt like an inappropriate request to me. I just stayed on the floor then returned downstairs to the couch when she finally went to bed.

The girl locked me out of the house one morning, so that when I finished dropping them off at school I couldn’t get back inside (mom did not leave me a set of keys) for almost 6 hours in freezing weather waiting on a locksmith. I mean I went to a coffee shop nearby to wait after an hour, but still.

To clarify, we live in Texas, there’s no law against leaving kids of any age alone. I have 10+ years of experience babysitting children from different families &amp; have never had a single complaint &amp; I have also been asked continually to keep kids even though it’s not my profession. I also have experience with special needs kids. 

In a cardi b way, I have demanded the rest of my money. AITA?


demanding the rest of my money