A woman caught some flak from her family after refusing to take four car seats out of her car so that they could all ride in one vehicle to Christmas dinner. The woman is a nanny to four kids, and her job requires her to have car and booster seats in her vehicle. While she wasn't transporting the children around on Christmas Day, she didn't want to take the seats out because she didn't know how to properly put them back in. The nanny took to Reddit to figure out if she was in the wrong.
She starts the post with some background.
The woman lets users know that she's 20 years old and nannies a 9-month-old baby along with children ages 2, 4, and 7. While her original car couldn't fit four car seats or booster seats, she still interviewed for the job and the parents really like her.
The family helped the woman find a different car.
The family decided to get the woman in contact with a friend of theirs who was selling a car for cheap. "They bought the car but it's in my name and they're just taking some money out of my check each month for me to pay it back. It is my car and I can do pretty much whatever I want in it but I need 3 car seats and a booster in there monday-friday."
She doesn't feel comfortable taking out the seats.
"I refuse to take the car seats out because I do not know how to install them and I can't have the parents do it every time I want to drive a couple friends," she explained. "I still have my civic that I used before I got this job so when I'm not working I usually drive the civic."
Her family wanted to take one vehicle on Christmas Day.
On Christmas Day, her family wanted to take one vehicle to dinner. The nanny's mom told her to take the car seats out of her car.
She refused.
"I said no because the only one that I know how to install/remove is the booster seat. My mom said I could watch a YouTube video but I honestly don't feel comfortable installing the car seats and I couldn't live with myself if the seats weren't properly installed and something happened."
Her mom thinks she's being dramatic.
The nanny's mom felt like she was being dramatic. She also went as far as to say that the woman just didn't want her family to see how messy her car was.
The family ended up taking separate cars.
"I ended up driving my civic and my mom followed in her car but she's still mad that I made us take 2 cars instead of taking the car seats out," the woman wrote. "AITA?"
Redditors shared their opinions.
People in the comments jumped to share their opinions.
"NTA but you should know how to install and uninstall those seats as a matter of safety, OP," one person commented. "For one thing, you should be able to tell if something has gone wrong and they are no longer installed correctly or safely. Kids do love to poke, prod, and play with things, and there's no such thing as truly childproof."
Many felt she needed to learn how to install the seats.
"NTA," another user said. "But your job is child care. You absolutely 100% need to know how to properly install those car seats confidently, how to spot when they’re not properly installed and fix it, etc. You never know what could happen, as you said, and their lives depend on you knowing those seats inside and out. Please take the time to learn."
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