Where can i watch the new "House of Saddam?

Asking the lady I babysit for if I can watch her son at my house instead of hers? (Moms I need your help!!)?

• I've been babysitting for this lady, Angel for about a month and half. She's super nice and I know she likes me a lot. She even quit her other babysitter for me because I'm "A lot of dependable and interact with Landon (her son) more too." We even hangout when I'm not getting paid like going out to lunch and going exercising. But when I first watched him before I met her my sister (who works with Angel) said that I have to watch him at her house. But my sister said that Angel probably only said Thai because that was the first time I'd met her. Her son Landon is awesome...easiest baby ever, he's almost 2. Anyhow, I need to stay on track with my schoolwork (High-school virtual student) and she doesn't have internet in her apartment so I can't get much work done like that. I watch Landon tomorrow so should I text Angel tonight and ask her if I can watch him at my house or wait and watch him there tomorrow and ask her in person?

• Answer:

  As a mom, I would not allow my children (above toddler age) at a teenager's home until I met the parents of the teenager, I saw the home and we had an understanding about rules and so forth. I would not allow my toddler at your home for several reasons: 1. It's about their comfort, not yours. The child comes before schoolwork when you're on babysitting time. Sorry. They will not be as comfortable at someone else's home as they will be at their own home. 2. Sleep-- say the kid gets tired and falls asleep. He won't nap as long on a strange bed, at least mine don't even at family's homes. Perhaps ask this lady to give you her internet password so you can study while he sleeps. And if that's not enough time to study maybe you shouldn't be watching this child. 3. My children's behavior tends to be better when they're at their own homes. They know the rules, they know the schedule and the babysitter and myself are on the same page about what's ok and what's not ok. Rules tend to differ between homes and that's been confusing for my kids. 4. My kids' toys are at their home. They're less likely to get bored and get into things at their own house. Our house is childproof under the sinks and outlets. Your house most likely isn't. Perhaps you need to get priorities straight. When you're babysitting, you should be interacting with the child, not be in front of your laptop, schoolwork or not. That's how accidents happen. Sorry, but when I had a teenager babysitting my, then 1 and 4 year old, I would shut off the internet for this reason alone. Call me a b**** but my kids got more attention that way. I told the sitter to bring a book or something to do while the kids are in bed. Do you have a schoolbook to bring to read? Can you print off whatever you need to do, do it on Microsoft Word, save it, go home, post it or whatever? Must you have the internet at the home?! If all this is impossible, you can be away from homework for an hour, 2 hours tops. The teenager I had, brought stuff to do while the kids napped. If they got bored, I gave my sitter an extra $10 if things were done (wash dishes that they didn't use, swept floor, kids' bedrooms cleaned). I expect the sitter to clean up after themselves but I give extra if they do above and beyond my expectations. I gave babysitting, not only an opportunity to make money but an opportunity to learn about running a household. In conclusion: find yourself something to do at the child's home, where he's comfortable.