Growing Up Too Fast

Let me tell ya, kids these days...

Kids these days are growing up way faster than what they used to. I babysat a ten year old girl, Chelsy, that I thought was 14 or 15. For a whole month I was completely convinced she was older.

I came over to visit and she's talking and texting on her cell phone. She was even doin her hair and nails. I was looking at her thinking, no one is texting me and I don't even curl my hair. She asked me to help her pick out an outfit for school the next day. We picked out a cute Abercrombie sweatshirt, straight legs, and a pair of Uggs.

When I found out she was only 10 years old I was shocked. Since when do 10 year olds have iPhones, shop at Abercrombie, and own authentic Uggs when I can only afford the knock offs?! So what, this 10 year old is cooler than me. Must be all the hormones they pack in fast food these days that make little, innocent girls look like teenagers.

We even became friends after awhile, maybe because she acted older than her age. She asked me to help her with her homework. I was thinking, yea sure, this will be cake, 3rd grade math. Well, I was completely wrong. Turns out that all that hard math I went through in high school and all my use on some fancy calculator wouldn't come in handy for simple long division. I tried helping her and she didn't do so well on the assignment. Ooops.

Sincerely,

The Bad Babysitter