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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYou're babysitting a friend's daughter. You check on her and see this:

What do you do?
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You're babysitting a friend's daughter. You check on her and see this: (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
Apr 2021
OP
"Now Linda, you do know your parents specifically do not allow jumping on the bed, right?"
marble falls
Apr 2021
#4
Hide the crucifix and stay away from the window facing the M Street stairs. n/t
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2021
#11
Usually I would volunteer but in this case I would ask for hazard pay instead.
GemDigger
Apr 2021
#14
Irish_Dem
(82,065 posts)1. Cut back on her sugar intake.
RainCaster
(13,839 posts)2. 2. Take away her cell phone
DEbluedude
(855 posts)16. I think I'd make sure she had it! n/t
ret5hd
(22,551 posts)3. "Stop it, you little drama queen!"
marble falls
(72,452 posts)4. "Now Linda, you do know your parents specifically do not allow jumping on the bed, right?"
marble falls
(72,452 posts)5. "She got her second Moderna yesterday."
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)7. Thread winner!
LOL
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)6. As an atheist, I'd get religious very fast.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,374 posts)8. I'd call an old priest and a young priest.
And start making a lot of holy water.
electric_blue68
(27,138 posts)9. Bwah! 👍 All funny responses.
I assume you'll all be here all week.
😉
PJMcK
(25,093 posts)10. Nothing, of course
That's normal behavior for a kid today after a year of Covid isolation.
Actually, I'd expect some greenish projectile vomit and maybe even a spinning head.
These kids today are under such stress I don't know how they'll survive.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,782 posts)11. Hide the crucifix and stay away from the window facing the M Street stairs. n/t
jcgoldie
(12,046 posts)12. Have a serious discussion with whoever's inside there...
...about negotiating a deal for my soul in exchange for Trump going to prison...
malthaussen
(18,606 posts)13. Shut the door and have another drink. n/t
GemDigger
(4,380 posts)14. Usually I would volunteer but in this case I would ask for hazard pay instead.
And never go back to their house.
Solly Mack
(97,164 posts)15. I say, "Come on Eileen, get out of little Linda before her mom gets home"