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How much to pay Babysitter for three kids
We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time
finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough money. We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we pay $20 instead of only $12... just wondering what other parents are paying for sitters? |
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How much to pay Babysitter for three kids
wrote in message ps.com... We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough money. We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we pay $20 instead of only $12... just wondering what other parents are paying for sitters? We paid $10 per hour for two kids last year. We often rounded up. If it was 1 1/2 hours, we paid for two hours. |
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toypup wrote: wrote in message ps.com... We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough money. We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we pay $20 instead of only $12... just wondering what other parents are paying for sitters? We paid $10 per hour for two kids last year. We often rounded up. If it was 1 1/2 hours, we paid for two hours. I pay $5 an hr for 2 kids ... most of the time I give her an extra $5. Lately my sitter hasn't been calling me back ... I'm wondering if she isn't happy w/ the $$. I wish she would just say something ... but I don't think I could have at her age either (16 yo) She is great w/ the kids but she is pretty shy. |
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"askmeltr" wrote in message ups.com... toypup wrote: wrote in message ps.com... We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough money. We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we pay $20 instead of only $12... just wondering what other parents are paying for sitters? We paid $10 per hour for two kids last year. We often rounded up. If it was 1 1/2 hours, we paid for two hours. I pay $5 an hr for 2 kids ... most of the time I give her an extra $5. Lately my sitter hasn't been calling me back ... I'm wondering if she isn't happy w/ the $$. I wish she would just say something ... but I don't think I could have at her age either (16 yo) She is great w/ the kids but she is pretty shy. Every time this question comes up, I'm shocked at how much people pay sitters! When I was a kid, I think I made about $2/hour. Of course it would be more now, but as a comparison, minimum wage was about $3/hour back then. Now it's, what? $5.15/hour? We didn't particularly expect to be paid minimum wage because 1) we were generally younger than working age, and 2) since no taxes, etc. were taken out, you were actually making out better than you would at minimum wage anyway. Besides, for nighttime sitting, so much of it really *is* sitting! How many times did I put the kids to bed at 7:30 and then sit there and watch TV until 11:00? So to me, $5/hour with a $10 minimum and a round up to the next hour seems plenty generous. I don't know what the norm around here is, because we hardly ever go out without the kids. It's true though that the sitters never seem to want to tell you what they charge. They just say, "Whatever you think is fine." I'm trying to find a sitter now so that we can start to have a regular night out, and if it's going to be $30 or more for the night, I don't think we'll be able to afford it! Bizby |
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How much to pay Babysitter for three kids
bizby40 wrote: "askmeltr" wrote in message ups.com... toypup wrote: wrote in message ps.com... We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough money. We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we pay $20 instead of only $12... just wondering what other parents are paying for sitters? We paid $10 per hour for two kids last year. We often rounded up. If it was 1 1/2 hours, we paid for two hours. I pay $5 an hr for 2 kids ... most of the time I give her an extra $5. Lately my sitter hasn't been calling me back ... I'm wondering if she isn't happy w/ the $$. I wish she would just say something ... but I don't think I could have at her age either (16 yo) She is great w/ the kids but she is pretty shy. Every time this question comes up, I'm shocked at how much people pay sitters! When I was a kid, I think I made about $2/hour. Of course it would be more now, but as a comparison, minimum wage was about $3/hour back then. Now it's, what? $5.15/hour? I'm in complete agreement that the minimum wage is very very far from a 'living wage these days. Caledonia |
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