A woman’s sister is struggling to find childcare, but instead of making proper arrangements, she expects the family to step in—specifically, a 16-year-old who already said “never again” after babysitting once for free.

When told to find someone else, the sister exploded, insisting it was her niece’s responsibility.

But is family obligation the same as free labor?

Aita for telling my sister, my daughter isn’t going to watch her kids so find someone else!

My sister can be irritating sometimes, she tries to be the boss of everyone and I told her that isn’t how life goes because she decided to make her life hell.

My sister has 3 kids, she was a SAHM but she found a job through her friend.

Since the kids father is not around she tries to find people to take the kids, one time my daughter watched the kids without getting paid and never again she said.

All work and no cash? I don’t think so.

Her youngest daughter would have to be watched because she’s only 1, the other kids are 3,4.

Our mom can’t watch them because she’s on vacation with my dad, her husband lives in his own apartment and has not seen his kids in 2 months.

My sister and her husband are going through a separation right now.

When you do something for someone one time, just expect them to hit you up every time.

My sister had work and had to pick up the kids but that time she has to go to work, the kids have after school but it ends at 4 and she’s still at work during that time.

That’s why she called me to ask my daughter to watch the kids, I told her she can’t expect my daughter to watch the kids.

Did you stutter?!

My daughter is 16 and has to study everyday because she’s has ccp, keystone testing, and SAT so it can’t work in her schedule.

On the other hand my daughter said she would never babysit her cousins again, it’s my sister know she would have to find someone.

She got upset with me and started yelling, I was telling her if she could ask her neighbors but she wasn’t going for her.

She said my daughter can do it, I told her my daughter wasn’t watching the kids so find someone else.

Rather than respecting a firm “no,” the sister doubled down, acting like free childcare was a given.

But a teenager juggling school and exams shouldn’t be expected to drop everything just because her aunt refuses to plan ahead.

This person says her kids aren’t her daughter’s responsibility at all.

This person says she canNOT expect to have someone watch their kids without pay.

And this person says boundaries are there for a reason…

“Family help” isn’t code for “free nanny on demand.”

Just so you know.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.