Originally Posted by
boykinsmommy
You are so right but, I was thinking of $6/hr for them....they are young so I know they don't have much money. Ugh..I can't escape the guilt!
You have nothing to feel guilty for. You don't owe it to people to do things for them just because there is some tenuous familial relationship. If they come over regularly and do things for you that's different, but just because they are related to you doesn't mean you have to do things for free for them. And always remember when you estimate a cost, you have to allow for unexpected things that come up because they always do.
Austinite, my mother would never do sewing for other people after being taken advantage of several times. She taught me to just smile and say "I don't do sewing for others". I wish I'd learned the "No is a complete sentence" lesson in other areas.