The oldest, my favorite nephew, is 10. I raised him alongside my sister and mother until my sister passed away 4 years ago. His father then got custody and it's been a long road for him to be a real parent to him, but he's trying. He's still over here a lot, and my nephew sees me as his guardian, just as he's done his entire life. He's being taught well with my help and I have no complaints other than the arguments here and there over disrespecting and back talking (which he does to his father, not me) The younger three were raised by my sister up until her passing, in which their grandmother (their father's mother) took custody and raised them. They are now 5, 7, and 8 and I don't understand how she's parented them. Sometimes they bite and kick one another, cuss, disrespect me, etc. I've offered many times throughout the years to help raise them and to take them anytime she needs, and she's only ever taken the offer within the past year or so. It's hard to sit back and watch the three of them do as they please and think they can control me when they can't. I punish them when they are here and they know I do not play around. And yet I'm still their favorite aunt. I've tried giving her advice, but all I get back is "You're 22, you've never raised any kids, you don't know how hard it is. They're just kids, they'll grow out of this." I think she fails to understand I'm not trying to be mean, but trying to look out for the best interest of the children, who are my family. She is not my family but by marriage. They are my blood and all I want is to see them happy, safe, healthy, and with a few good values instilled in them. I've almost fully raised my nephew, and at that time I was a teenager. I stepped up and became his second mother when my sister died. A lot of people are quick to judge me as being stupid and that I wouldn't be able to handle them or anything. It's sad, and I'm not even upset at their insults. I'm not trying to insult their parenting either, just simply stating and commenting on facts about how the kids act. The kids are my worries, they need to be disciplined. All I can do is keep giving advice and pushing, maybe one day she'll listen.
I've never sat in front of my computer and done a single one. On occasion yes I'll do one or two on my phone while moving around the house getting chores done or something. Fuck off Anderson I feel bad enough about it
Just trying to speak the truth as I see it. So I don't come off as a complete and total kiss-ass, however, I should point out that the grumblers do have a fair point when it comes to pay. Have you guys thought of upping your pay a significant amount, once you can afford it? The quality (and quantity) of responses would improve exponentially, I tend to think, and as others have mentioned...
No.. hahah! Leanne's requirements -- Masters has been granted, Total approved HITs is not less than 1000, HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 76 I guess you could say I'm a bit frustrated by what just happened with those hits. They looked hamable and im 1000 away from 10,000 hits... so they would have made a little dent in my numbers.. oh well. they come and they go....
I am a firm believer in environmental growth. If that's the attitude she has, they will never grow out of the bad habits. Some things are intuition, but if she has an attitude like that - the environment will always be the child getting away with things because they've learned to control the situation from the beginning. It's sad, but you should be really proud of the work you put in while they are away and with your nephew. Even if it's not having much of an affect now, it could seriously improve their chances when they start to see things in a more "mature" view.
There was a guy a few months ago that put up the same survey like 5 times for different approval ratings because that was a demographic he valued I guess. One of the surveys had the qual "HIT approval rate (%) is less than 40" He was a crazy man that did not understand mTurk and did not care to