I was once hired for a summer to take care of a newborn while the mother was still in the house working on her Ph.D (she’d appear to breastfeed, then disappear again). I was expected to speak nothing but French to the baby. Seems they wanted a bilingual baby and mom – a native French speaker – didn’t have the time. Mind you, I was only there for the day, 8 hours. I have no idea what happened during the 16 I wasn’t there. I was a rising 12th grader. I quit after about 4 weeks because I didn’t like the situation.
I was once hired for a summer to take care of a newborn while the mother was still in the house working on her Ph.D (she’d appear to breastfeed, then disappear again). I was expected to speak nothing but French to the baby. Seems they wanted a bilingual baby and mom – a native French speaker – didn’t have the time. Mind you, I was only there for the day, 8 hours. I have no idea what happened during the 16 I wasn’t there. I was a rising 12th grader. I quit after about 4 weeks because I didn’t like the situation.