if your babysitter asks you....***edit for some***

[happymommy1105]

To not allow their child to have a golf ball in the babysitters house, do you take the golf ball or aruge with the babysitter?

Situation:

Little girl I babysit for is 2 years old. Her mom taught her to throw balls in doors. I don't allow ball throwing in my home. Little girl shows up with a golf ball today. I asked mom to please take the golf ball and put it in the car. Little girl could have cared less. Was not upset at all.

Mom argued with me that it wasn't that big of a deal.

I don't want a golf ball in my home. It's not my responsibility to throw the golf ball away (as mom suggested) and its not my responsibility to have to keep it away from your child.

I don't allow balls in my home. End of discussion.

Balls are outside toys in my opinion. And since its my home, my vote is the only one that counts.

So, would you have argued with me or just placed the ball in your car like I asked?

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For those saying they don't understand the big deal, if she respected my home and my rules, it wouldn't be. But she doesn't.

She opens closed doors, goes into my room, goes through my personal things and often texts me at 1130pm to tell me she doesnt feel like picking her kid up.

So, yes it is a big deal at this point. If she would not do everything in her power to be disrespectful, I wouldn't have made a big deal out of it. But she is constantly doing stuff.

She has asked me if she can move in with me. She has dropped her kid off HOURS before the agreed upon time to drop her off.

Yes, its my fault for allowing it to get this bad. I own that. But I have to start somewhere in re-est. That my rules are serious and you have to follow them.

[JennPearce]

I would have respected your wishes. It's your home after all. I don't believe in ball throwing inside either.

[kcook55]

well i wouldnt of let my child have a golf ball to begin with and im with you balls are outside toys and arent allowed to be thrown in the house

[lanceandhailey]

 I wouldn't have let my kid bring it in to begin with.

[britchick95]

Golf balls are heavy! And hard!! Throw one of those and you'd break something!

[Hannahluvsdogs]

I would have respected the rules of your house.

[robynlo77]

I understand where you are coming from.

I do licensed childcare in my home....I have it in my handbook, that no toys (except for "lovies") come to childcare. I don't want to be responsible for it being broken or lost. In a case of a golfball, I wouldn't want it being thrown, hitting someone, or a window, etc.

I guess if you would have let the child keep the golfball at childcare, and say, a window was broken in the process...that parent wouldn't mind paying for a new window? I think NOT!

[jmgarzamom]

The way I see it your house your rules. That is how I run my home I don't change my rules for any child and if you don't like it there is the door.

[KimmyShaw]

Wow, I would have taken the ball to the car. Geez...

[supermom2xlb]

Had I been you, I would have just said to the child "Why don't we put this away until it's time to go home?" You're the babysitter, your house, your rules. Not really a big deal IMO.

[JoshRachelsMAMA]

I would've put the ball outside on the porch.