A question for you....
#11
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baby sitting here 10$ per hour, 15$ after midnight.
before and after school til 6pm at daycare 700$ per month, whether in school or not. Also for every 15 minutes late picking him up is 25$. after doing this for 2 years, my neices solution was to ask her parents to move in her house and care for her son. before I moved up here I was the sitter, and cleaner nd cooked 3 complete meals a week for my neice(a single mom, her son and my 2 teen great neices who lost their mother. oh yea...for nothing. they are family.
before and after school til 6pm at daycare 700$ per month, whether in school or not. Also for every 15 minutes late picking him up is 25$. after doing this for 2 years, my neices solution was to ask her parents to move in her house and care for her son. before I moved up here I was the sitter, and cleaner nd cooked 3 complete meals a week for my neice(a single mom, her son and my 2 teen great neices who lost their mother. oh yea...for nothing. they are family.
#14
As a teenager I too babysat for 50 cents an hour and that included twins. Nowadays I don't charge for babysitting the grandkids and that includes chauffeuring them to their soccer and baseball games. Spending time with them is payment enough for me. Lucky me!
#15
It's hard to believe a babysitter makes more then minimum wage. I also used to babysit for 50 cents an hour too...so did my DD's....How can anyone afford to pay this much plus the other expenses of going out!! I am flabbergasted!!! :roll: :roll:
#17
I find it hard to consider paying a babysitter MORE than minimum wage! I'd not pay it!!!!! I used to be a certified babysitter. Here's my rule of thumb.
1) If I babysit in my home, I feed them food from my fridge....Then minimum wage.
2) I babysit in THEIR home.......gas money and minimum wage. I would take my own food. If they insist I eat there, then we make compensation.
My DD ran across this issue when she needed a babysitter about 10 yrs ago. DD was told $10.00 an hour. She said NO, I'll pay you $___ (can't remember). The teenager took it. LOL I think they quote higher prices to see if they can get it!
1) If I babysit in my home, I feed them food from my fridge....Then minimum wage.
2) I babysit in THEIR home.......gas money and minimum wage. I would take my own food. If they insist I eat there, then we make compensation.
My DD ran across this issue when she needed a babysitter about 10 yrs ago. DD was told $10.00 an hour. She said NO, I'll pay you $___ (can't remember). The teenager took it. LOL I think they quote higher prices to see if they can get it!
#18
Wow!! Prices sure have gone up!!! :shock: I used to babysit my neighbors 2 children back when I was 13 (late 70's). I got $1.00 an our for both! And the rate didn't change when #3 came along. I am grateful my Mom was able to watch my children when they were little. I never had to worry about them. I watch my grandbabies for DD when she works and the other grandparents watch them when I have to work and can't. There is no way DD could afford daycare, so she only works weekends and Mondays.
#19
Teenagers out here charge $3-$5 an hour depending on how many kids...
Daycare is approx $250+ a week per child for full time.
Before and after school is a set amount, with extra charged for the days there isn't any school. I think it runs around $400+ a month. During the summer ofcourse it is more.
They do give breaks to families with more than one child...
I don't know how parents can afford to pay this...
The state only pays approx $2.30 an hour per child... so the daycares only will allow a certain percentage of the kids to be state paid.
Daycare is approx $250+ a week per child for full time.
Before and after school is a set amount, with extra charged for the days there isn't any school. I think it runs around $400+ a month. During the summer ofcourse it is more.
They do give breaks to families with more than one child...
I don't know how parents can afford to pay this...
The state only pays approx $2.30 an hour per child... so the daycares only will allow a certain percentage of the kids to be state paid.
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