So I am watching my sisters kids. They are 11 and 5 years old. They both are obsessed with video games. Every time I come here it’s a fight to get them to do anything else. Although I feel like I let my sister down if I let them play games for 5 hours straight. I just have no energy and no spark to take care of kids. Think I should tell my sister I can’t do it?
Absolutely nothing wrong with playing video games all day. As long as they take a break every few hours or so. It’s a form of entertainment and it is mentally stimulating, and challenging.
Just let them play video games ! Your sister will be thrilled that you kept them for 5 hours.
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yeah im no good with little kids. if i were a parent i would allow tv, video games, and movies. i would just provide the food and snacks. i could never be a parent. but once they grow up some, im not so bad, looking forward to my little niece and nephew getting older and past the imagination playtime all the time. my sister doesnt let them play video games or watch much tv. she has never asked me to babysit, i am good with lego’s though. even with legos though my nephew is a little dictator haha.
Yea I have trouble with the little kid brain. I don’t understand it and I feel like I’m not as creative as I was before meds
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I just feel like I should be doing more.
thats exactly my problem, i can’t keep up with their imagination when they want me to play with them.
You’re doing great !
Glad I’m not the only one.
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another problem i have, is i spend all this energy trying to think of fun things, and then if they like it, they just want more and more. im really only good for about 30 minutes of playtime, before im exhausted mentally
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Yeah. That’s how I am. I come up with something. It last a half hour then I’m spent. This experience made me realize I don’t think I can have kids. Not to mention the meds don’t help sex any
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To me it depends how often you watch them and what your sister feels is a good amount of time for her kids to play video games. If I watch my sisters kids, aged 5 and 8, and Im only watching them once in a while I dont mind if they spend more time playing video games, watching TV, or doing other things to get their blue light fix. However, if I’m watching them everyday for a length of time, i.e. a couple of days or a week, then I’m going to limit their time on electronics while I’m watching them.
Its become an issue with my nephew, as he starts throwing a tantrum when he can’t play his video games, but if I sit down and play with him then he will soak up whatever we are doing.
If you’re watching them everyday and you’re not up to it then it is perfectly acceptable to tell your sister you’re not in the right headspace to do it. I have to tell my sister that all the time. Sometimes she gets upset, but setting boundaries is important. Its best for both the kids and myself.
when i was 15 i baby sat these 3 boys 13,10,7 they were nuts. I got paid 60 bucks a day mon-fri in the summer.
I remember once one of the kids got locked out by his brother and he was stabbing the door with a knife trying to get back in.
I took them for many bike rides, and played lots of games.
I actually met 2 of them at a night club years later, I went over to him when he was with all his buddies and said ''hey guys I babysat this little punk" we laughed pretty hard.
from then on when he saw me again at the bar hed yell THATS MY BABYSITTER! 
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Atleast she trusts you with them.
I’m afraid my sister will not let me babysit because of schizophrenia.
I babysit my nephews 3 times a week. I just let them watch YouTube as that is all they are into. They enjoy themselves. I play with their dog most of the time
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