Beware Dawn Chapters 6-10

[lisaerin]

Chapter 6

Dawn is babysitting for the Prezziosos, which means we must take time to call Jenny a brat. It hit me that Dawn probably only calls Jenny a brat because Jenny disagrees with her. She’s four. I think little kids display attitudes of brattiness sometimes. But if a child shows any child-like behavior such as arguing or being messy, they’re

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[kakeochi_umai]

Wow, Dawn. Wow. We've all known for a long time that you're not nearly as thick-skinned as you brag about being, but getting butthurt at being disagreed with by a four-year-old?!

What about Karen? She’s allowed to pull all sorts of unreasonable shit, but does she ever get punished for it? No, she’s hailed as being precious.
Hell, just two chapters ago Karen dictated how everybody should eat their crackers and Dawn was just like "Ah, the little rascal!" If I were Jenny I'd do a protest vote, such as someone TV-related, an inanimate object (no, not a dead body, Claudia), or if I were particularly fed up, "Andrea's poopy diaper".

Holy shit, the "Don't let the sauce touch my spaghettis (sic)" was Margo?! I was sure it was Claire. That point about Jenny and the crusts goes double, then. Margo's nearly twice her age. As for Vanessa and the crack, I would have been sorely tempted to say "Saying that something has a crack when there is no crack is a sign that somebody may be on crack." (Say "crack" again. Crack.)

Mallory doesn’t want

[achillesm]

Thank you for sharing

[road_baby]

All the high fives for the Good Omens reference.

[ifandonlyif]

i remember the first note that dawn got from mr x TERRIFYING me as a little kid. it would terrify me now and i would probably immediately call someone for help and i'm in my mid-20s. wtf dawn

[gimere]

Jackie spilled grape juice. Is that supposed to make me think he’s a disaster?

If a child spilling juice is a disaster, then what am I, given that I'm 25 and still spill things sometimes 'cause I'm clumsy?

...actually, I don't think I want an answer to that question. That situation is probably an impossibility to them, anyway.

I don’t see how they can call Jenny a brat. At least she picks the crust off her sandwich instead of waiting with her thumb up her butt for someone else to do it.

Oh my God, THIS. I'd like to slap all of them for treating Jenny like that. She's four, for goodness' sake!