All parents have to rely on a babysitter from time to time, whether in a childcare emergency or just to allow themselves a date night free from the little ones.
But a series of anonymous confessions posted by babysitters online might make mums and dads think twice before leaving someone else in charge.
In a gallery compiled by , babysitters from around the world have revealed the strangest things that have happened to them while at work – and the worst things they’ve done while on the job.
Sometimes the little darlings aren’t as sweet as their parents would like to believe, such as the little girl who was found twisting the head from a dead dragonfly.
However, sometimes it was the so-called chaperones at fault, such as the women who confessed to having sex with her boyfriend while babysitting for his sister – and narrowly avoiding being caught in the act by the little one they were supposed to be looking after.
Babysitters from around the world have revealed the strangest things that have happened to them while at work, which have been compiled into a gallery by Whisper. One person admitted to almost being caught having sex with her boyfriend while babysitting his little sister.
‘She even twisted its head around’: One babysitter was left horrified when the little girl she was looking after found a dead dragonfly and started playing with it like it was one of her dolls.
‘I looked away for two minutes’: Another childminder said she didn’t have to take her eyes off the three-year-old girl she was looking after for long before she got into mischief (pictured). Within minutes she was covered in shaving foam.
‘I’m the babysitter’: In one anonymous confession, a babysitter revealed that the mother whose child she was looking after told her to let the child do whatever they want and to do whatever they say.
‘No thanks, dude’: Another babysitter in the gallery said they stopped babysitting when the child they were taking care of bit them.