Today at work I witnessed a 15 yr old girl baby sitting her 7 yo nephew, 1 year old niece, and their 2 month old twin…

Wow, I don’t even think I could pull that off. Poor thing, I hope it’s not a regular occurrence.

@newlyironman That's unfortunate. But I'm glad you were there to help her. That was thoughtful of you. Hopefully she is able to speak up at home so that she gets some help caring for all those children.

@yayacarrington you could tell it was a bit much for her. She needed advice on how to get warm water for bottles and at one point I helped with the 1yo

That is a lot of responsibility for a teenage girl. I babysat my siblings routinely from the time I was 12 since they were all quite a bit younger than me. I never thought of it as a burden. It was just what was expected of me. I wonder how it must have looked from the outside.

I couldn’t imagine that kind of responsibility at my age, definitely not at 15.