Uncle supervises 4-year-old and 1-year-old at family birthday party, refuses to pick up food they spill: 'I thought it was funny'

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• The extended family is often the first place that parents look for a little extra support. While it may be true that some moms and dads take their dependence on relatives for childcare further than they should and act entitled to their time and money because of their kids, part of being a supportive family member also involves helping them, as a parent. 

  Naturally, most people are not going to get it right all the time when they are helping out with somebody else's children. Many have a difficult enough time with their own kids, let alone those who are not their full-time responsibility. Still, even if a parent is not obviously crying out for help, they may appreciate it more than you know if you help them out in the most basic of ways.

• Am I wrong for not picking up after my sister’s kids at a party?

  

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• A brother in this story faced criticism from his sister at her birthday party for how he had behaved around his other sister's young children. Whenever they spilled food on the floor, he would call her over to look at it, leading her to clean up the mess each time.

  He claimed that he didn't expect her to be constantly cleaning up after them, but also hadn't wanted to do it himself, as he was not in a good mood. He wanted to know if his sister was right in her annoyance.

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