Babies, and I’m good with kids. So I watch our 2yo brother and 9mo sister while everyone else packs and fixes and does everything else. And every single time when my stepdad comes back in, he always does a loud “thank you Sibling for all your help, I’m so grateful” and I know I’m not being super helpful since I just do the one job but I like being thanked for it, because it’s kind of hard to wrangle them both and keep them from screaming the whole time
Adding onto this, my sibling and stepdad got into a fight today and he told them they owed him 30 hours hard labor and I pointed out that they have been giving plenty of hard labor with all the packing and fixing and helping with kids when I’m busy. He got so fucking pissed when I said that last part tho, told us it was our responsibility, we pointed out they’re not our kids and not our responsibility and he said “do you really want to play that card, cause you’re not my kids” and then failed to
people get paid a lot to take care of 2 kids especially at those ages. do not downplay the labor that you do. you didn’t sign up for any of that so don’t make it your responsibility. try to save as much as you can and set yourself up for success. imo your parents should be giving you money never taking yours. you’re a really kind a giving person but also make sure to lookout for your future