"Every once in a blue moon, they ask me to watch her for a few hours while my friend and his wife get some date time or whatever they need to do. So I was hanging out with her and I know that they've been trying to get her to take her first steps. I read about a trick where if you make them hold something then they will walk without holding onto a surface. So I gave her a toy and filmed it and it worked!"
"I sent the video to them and my friend didn't care, he was just happy but his wife was pissed! She was mad at me that they weren't there for that big moment. I don't have the type of relationship with her where I can have a deep 1 on 1 with her but I talked to my friend about it and he's not upset with me but his wife still is. She thinks I robbed her if a key moment. I did get it on film but I get what she's saying."
A babysitter who remains close with a childhood friend often watches the couple's toddler for a few hours. The parents had been trying to get the child to take her first steps. The babysitter tried a known trick—giving the toddler a toy to hold—to encourage unsupported steps, filmed the result, and sent the video to the parents. The father responded happily, but the mother became angry, saying the babysitter robbed her of a key moment and was upset the parents were not present. The babysitter insists there was no malicious intent. Reactions were divided over whether deliberate encouragement crossed a boundary.
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