The fact that babysitting has put multiple people through college should be a clear indicator that childcare is very much a job. In other words, one shouldn’t do it for free unless, you know, it’s your own kids.
For example, one woman who already had four kids shared her problems with the internet, after realizing that every single vacation, she was just made the group babysitter. We reached out to the mom in the story via private message and will update the article when she gets back to us.