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Baby-sitting blues: advice from choices readers.(sticky situation)

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I LIVE WITH MY AUNT AND UNCLE. WHEN THEY GO OUT, I HAVE TO WATCH THEIR KIDS. I FREQUENTLY END UP HAVING TO CANCEL ANY PLANS I HAVE THAT NIGHT. THIS MAKES ME UNHAPPY, AND I END UP FEELING RESENTFUL TOWARD MY COUSINS. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

--SAD SITTER

DEAR SAD SITTER,

Talk with your aunt and uncle. If you have plans that night, ask them if it's possible to hire another sitter. You might even offer to help them find another sitter for the kids.

--Carmen L.

Prosperity, S.C.

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Try talking with your aunt and uncle. Maybe they win listen to you, and you can try to fix the problem. One idea is to let them know what ...

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