Once upon a time in the now far away state of Pennsylvania, town of Normalville, I was once a teenager. Hard to believe, but true. And I needed cash. So I babysat. One of the families that hired me frequently had 4 kids and she'd come get me and work me hard..........feed the kids, clean up, laundry and stay ALL day while she went to ?town? for groceries or whatever she had to do. So that summer day it ended up being a 10 hour day babysitting the little devils. *****This was the 1960's so the going rate for babysitting was meager compared to today but....on with the story*** SO I get taken home, dropped off and paid my long awaited for, hard worked for, fill up my closet shopping spree cash........and get a jaw dropping $2 which works out to twenty cents per hours!!!!! Teenage meltdown in progress.....mom to the rescue.......MOMMA BEAR Lesson observation #1. Mom calls up Mrs. Nicholson and tells her in no uncertain terms that her daughter is "WORTH MORE TO ME AT HOME THAN THAT" and 'SHE WOULDN'T BE BACK" TO YOUR HOUSE. You won't exploit my momma's kids!!! So there!! So I did babysit again, but not for them- cheapskates!!
Flash ahead to present day, now I am a mom and great lessons learned from my own momma bear, I find myself in a momma bear dilemma. BUT , I have Government Wage and Hour Laws to help me...called them this morning......Oh, I feel the claws on my paws sharpening up........stay tuned for more.......
