Most teens juggle school, work, and family, but the balance gets tricky when everyone wants something at the same time.

One teenage bakery worker started to feel the heat when her mother pushed her to give up her shifts so she could babysit her younger brother.

But when her mother offered a rate that didn’t even come close to her normal wages, she found herself torn between making money or disappointing her family.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

AITA for not babysitting??

So I’m in high school and I work at a bakery washing dishes for $9 an hour.

Since I’m on summer break, I work 8 hours a day, 3 days a week.

Before long, her mother piled even more obligations onto her plate.

After work today, my mom asked me if I could watch my brother Monday and Wednesday in a couple weeks because his daycare teacher will be out of town.

The thing is, I work Monday and Wednesday.

Her mother tried to sweeten the deal, but it still wasn’t enough.

She said if I actually played with him she would pay me $30 a day, which is significantly less than what I would make if I went to work instead.

When I told her that, she said that I could make up the hours Tuesday and Saturdays.

When the teen crunches the number, she realizes it’s just a bad deal.

But at that point, I’m losing almost my entire week for maybe $60 since I already watch my brother Fridays and the bakery is closed Sunday.

So if I make up the hours, I have to work all week (it’s summer, I don’t want to do that), or I don’t make up the hours and lose a bunch of money (I don’t want to do that either; I happen to like having money).

She starts to resent her mother for putting her in this position in the first place.

I feel like it’s an unfair situation because I can’t really say no. He’s way too young to stay home alone, and it’s pretty short notice to get a sitter.

AITA?

This is a lot of stress for one teen to handle on her own.

Redditors were a bit conflicted on the best course of action.

This user thinks this teen should make an exception because it’s family.

$30 is not near enough money in this user’s eyes.

This commenter suspects this teen’s mother doesn’t have the best intentions.

If it were this commenter, here’s what they’d do.

All this teen was trying to do was protect her hard-earned paycheck.

No one should be expected to drop all of their responsibilities, even for family.

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