I am 17. I babysit Monday nights for a family I know. Mondays and Wednesday days my mom watches the kids because it's her day off and she wanted to. She quit babysitting and now I lost my job on monday nights because she quit. My job lasts until two weeks from now, it ended then. Does my mom owe me the money for the next to weeks because I never planned on quitting my job and my mom quitting lost me the job?
2006-12-05 07:45:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It's not like I only make 10 bucks a night either. They have five kids (all are 7) so they behave fine and listen. I make 5 dollars and hour per kid. I babysit from 2pm-9pm so I make 245$
2006-12-05 07:51:10 · update #1
I had a contract with the lady and my mom about this through a lawyer and it was a breech in contract
2006-12-05 07:55:14 · update #2
They did want to use me. On mondays my mom watched the kids from 8-12 then they would go home and id watch them from 2-9 at my house again. the woman says its stupid to bring them to a new babysitter then to my house again.
2006-12-05 07:58:15 · update #3
ive been babysitting for them since i was 12 my mom started babysitting them last year
2006-12-05 07:58:40 · update #4
i dont live in a poor neighbor hood like some people getting paid 20 bucks for an hour or two. i live in Laguna Peak
2006-12-05 08:01:23 · update #5
no sweetie, your mom was helping you out, not to mention she puts a roof over your head, feeds you, and SHE IS YOUR MOM! She doesnt owe you anything. Besides, when one door closes, another opens. if you like making money and working with kids, many hospitals are looking for pediatric CNAs. A CNA is Certified Nursing Assistant. Usually they will train you. You take vitals and whatnot, and with kids, you are oftn the ones that they interact with the most.
Of course there is after school tutoring programs, aswell as Big Daycares where you can work. **** Happens, and you just have to keep going. Think of it as a life lesson : roll with the punches and have a plan B
2006-12-05 07:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't hiring a lawyer to write a contract cost more than you were making? And what in the world do these people do that they can afford $245.00 a night for a 17 year old babysitter? They could hire a trained professional nanny for that kind of money. Maybe that's why they fired you.
As a 17 year old who can afford to live on her own in Laguna Peak, do you really need the money anyway?
2006-12-05 07:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. She's your Mom. She doesn't owe you anything except food, clothes, and shelter. If the person you babysat for had to make other arrangements because your Mom quit, then she is entitled to terminate your employment at any time. That is part of working. Unexpected things happen as a result of others. You aren't entitled to money because of soemthing different that happened.
2006-12-05 07:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by Angie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Your mom owes you nothing. You didn't have a contract with her, even though you say you did, we all know you didn't.
So I suggest finding a real job if you need/want the money.
On top of that, your profile says you're 24 and your question states you're 17, which leads me to seriously doubt whether any of the facets of your story are true.
2006-12-05 09:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you still live with her i would say she owes you the money for the day she quit and she should help you get another job but if you live by yourself then thats a different story.
2006-12-05 07:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by God R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes she does. However, start computing every dollar she has ever spent on you for food, clothing, shelter, medicine, etc. Then tack on the expense of you even being born, not to mention the pain she went through to have you. Time to grow up, missy. Your mom doesn't owe you $hit - you owe her.
2006-12-05 07:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch!! Why did you lose your job? Can't you gain two more nights?
But NO your Mother owes you no money. They apparently didn't want to use you if your Mom didn't work there. Not her fault.
2006-12-05 07:55:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she's your mom. she's giving you a place to stay for free. find another job. it's not a big deal. call the family and maybe they'll want you to continue watching them. this is nothing to go on judge judy for.
2006-12-05 07:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by super_shlee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are being unreasonable.. Just stand back and look at the situation in a proper perspective..
2006-12-05 08:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by Jake D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't you just watch them?
2006-12-05 07:55:16 · answer #10 · answered by mom of 2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋