"I babysat for a weird family during my early adulthood. They had two kids, 6-ish and 2-ish. They were adamantly anti-screen for the kids, which isn't weird. But this was a relatively wealthy family, both parents were college professors, and most of the kids' toys were like Tupperware bowls full of rocks, things they'd found outside, homemade fabric dolls, etc. Apparently, the dad had grown up in communist Russia and didn't think that kids needed much to become resilient."
"Would have made sense if they weren't the helicopteriest helicopter parents I've ever encountered. I got fired because the dad came home from work early one day and found that the 2-year-old had just fallen asleep, but it was not yet naptime. Apparently, this is because I was a neglectful babysitter who failed to keep him adequately entertained. In reality, he fell asleep on the couch while I was reading him a story."
A babysitter cared for a relatively wealthy family with two children, roughly six and two years old. The parents strictly forbade screens and provided mostly homemade or found-object toys, reflecting a belief that minimalism builds resilience rooted in the father's upbringing in communist Russia. Despite that austere approach, the parents were extremely controlling and hypervigilant. The babysitter was dismissed after the father returned early and observed the two-year-old asleep before scheduled naptime, accusing the sitter of neglect for failing to keep the child entertained, even though the child had fallen asleep on the couch while being read a story.
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