A babysitter has refused to pay a mum "emotional support money" after she fed her children chicken nuggets - arguing she was never told they were vegetarian. The 19-year-old said she has been babysitting for two years and was recently asked by a new family to look after their nine-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl. She says the pair were perfectly behaved during her time in charge, so when they requested a chicken nugget Happy Meal for dinner she decided to reward their good behaviour.
But both the children and their parents failed to mention that they were vegetarians, leading to a blazing row when the mum returned to find her kids eating chicken. The babysitter explained: "The mom came home early and saw her children eating chicken nuggets. She literally ripped the nuggets out of their hands and started screaming that I'm horrible for allowing her children to eat dead corpses and yelling at her children for eating the meat.
"She kicked me out without paying me and then later text me saying that I need to pay her $300 (£227) for each kid for the emotional damage I have caused them and if I didn’t she’d take me to court. I refused to pay the money and told her that she should have told me that she was vegetarian and I would have made sure to completely respect her family diet choice and since she didn't tell me it’s not my fault. She said that I shouldn’t just assume everyone eats meat.
" The babysitter said the threat of being taken to court did not scare her as b.
