Being a nanny or a babysitter is no easy job. Today, many parents desperately need someone to help them take care of their kids. Still, when it comes to childcare workers in general, the turnover rate in the U.S. is staggeringly high – 65% higher than turnover in the median occupation.

It’s mostly due to low wages, but working conditions have something to do with it too. Take this 23-year-old babysitter: she decided to call it quits after the demon child she was looking after intentionally ruined her $1,000 laptop by smashing it and then dumping water on it for good measure. After the parents only sent her a text saying “Sorry,” she started wondering: should she demand reimbursement?

A babysitter had her laptop destroyed by a 7-year-old and wondered if she should ask the parents to pay f

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