Kids are all unique, as they say. Each and every one is a special flower.
Babysitters get to see a lot of the one-of-a-kind qualities that some kids have. While taking care of someone else's children, these folks — who are often quite young themselves — get a little sampling of what it's like to be a parent, and sometimes it isn't exactly pretty. Sometimes it's just downright weird.
Being a babysitter is kind of like being a substitute teacher; the kids feel like they have a bit more of a free reign on the house when the parents are gone, and that can lead to some pretty crazy stories.
These 10 stories from babysitters about the kids they were looking after are sure to give you a laugh, and maybe even make you scratch your head and ask yourself what the heck these kids could have been thinking!
Do you ever remember having a babysitter when you were little, and whether or not you gave them a hard time? Let us know your babysitting horror stories in the comments!
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"An 8-year-old girl who threw a massive screaming tantrum because I would not allow her to kiss her brother's butt cheeks. She chased me around her entire house, and when I finally locked myself in a bathroom, she tried to break the door knob off." – blobqueen45
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"I have rather hairy legs and I was wearing shorts. This four-year-old boy just gets on the floor and starts petting my legs like I'm a dog." – dlynch066
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"When I was in high school, I babysat an 8-year-old boy and his 5-year-old little sister. As soon as their parents left the house, they thought it was hilarious to get buck naked and jump on the couch, no matter how much I begged them to stop and get dressed.
"I never told the parents because I didn't know how to bring it up." – NotAnAverageTaunTaun
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"She dumped out the flour container in the kitchen, unraveled all the toilet paper when she went to the bathroom, and when we went to play outside, she took the hose and started spraying us all with it." – maxart713
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"I was babysitting my boss' daughter, who was four years old and constipated.
"The kiddo went to the bathroom and remained there for like fifteen minutes, so I went in to find her after she did not come out. She was on the toilet, straining, of course. I was about to leave her in privacy when she went and flailed her little arms, and said the phrase that will live in my memory forever.
"'You can't leave! You have to SQUISH me!'
"I had quite the WTF expression, I'm sure. So I went, 'What?'
"And she says, 'When I can't poop, Mommy and Daddy always squish my tummy, so you have to squish me!' And she places one hand on her stomach, and one hand on her back, and demonstrates how to squish her." – heartbreakcity
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"The youngest one (6) shot me in the face with a marshmallow shooter (like a potato gun but less hardcore)." – utellarun
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"I nannied a kid who would dig his poop out of the toilet and play with it in the bathroom sink." – danidaniella
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"Todd tried to drink my coffee, then threw the mug on the floor." – vicvinegar-
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"Parent told me her 5-year-old was potty trained. The amount of clothing changes we went through determined that was a lie. Decided babysitting was not for me after that one…" – avsfantrumpetman
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"A little girl I was watching didn't speak too much yet. Her mom made her bacon before leaving her in my care. As the girl was eating, she takes a piece of bacon and puts it on her head and, very matter of factly, says 'HAT!'" – MissGnomer
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