<p>Haha this seems like a really weird question but does it? To save money, my junior and senior year (next year) I babysit my 5 year old brother everyday after school instead of him going to after school care. Because I need to be home to watch him it also meant I had to cut back a lot on my other ECs that frequently take place after school.</p>
<p>It seems weird to list taking care of family as an EC but should I put it on my app to kind of explain why it looks like I wasn't involved in much?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t put it in your extra-curriculars list but find some way to include in your application. Colleges do take this into account. Especially if a student had to work to support family and similar accounts like your situation. Maybe this can find its way into an essay or you can write-up something separately and include it in the application.</p>
<p>Yes, babysitting should be listed as work experience if you earned money. If not, I don’t consider it an extracurricular, but you could explain your situation like labellehistoire suggested.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! 
Yeah, I’ll try explaining it in an essay or something. That sounds better than listing it as an EC or work or something.</p>