I don't know, I am so broke the babysitter pays me to go out.......LOL

That's super cheap! Here it's $7.25 an hour through a discounted program offered by the city. Anything private is minimum $10 per hour. The girl in question here is getting seriously ripped off.

Oh, and that's for one child.

Thats slave wages!!!!....

at least $10.00/hr if housekeepings involved than more!!!!

Picture this, I used to be the babysitter of choice among my friends. Never charged a dime. I would teach them to cook, give art lessons, teach the boy spawn submission fighting and let the girl chillens braid crap into my hair and practice putting their make up on me. When the parental units would return I looked like a drag queen after a tough night at Mardi Gras.

To this day those kids talk about how much fun it was.

considering thats my fetish Krup......



I would then send the kiddies out to play.....



and play with the babysitter!!!!!!!

I think we all sat for friends like that. I named my daughter after one of the kids I sat she was a sweet heart. My Mom thinks I named my daughter after her because the names are similar. shhhh don't tell her

Krupa, I think these kids would rather scalp someone than braid stuff into your hair. She says the boys are very disrespectful to her and the oldest girl just walks away when Kate talks to her. The 3 yr old is about the only one who listens.

Thank you everyone who agreed that she is underpaid. I told her to ask for more money and if the mom disagrees, let her try to find someone who will do all that for $15 a day

thats what i payed when i had a babysitter its odd how people want to cut corners and pay someone so little when they are taking care of your most precious gifts
i dont see people takeing their bmw's to a guy that only charges 3 bucks an hour

just because a person agrees to work for less than the going rate does not mean it's fair. i think she should find out what the services a day care would provide and at what cost. then she should deduct some amount due to the fact that she does not have the same qualifications as a professional day care. if that does not sound reasonable to the employer, than she can either decline the job, or renegociate. good luck

She should be making at least minimum wage ...

i paid twenty a day for two kids...

my sitter was in her own home, licensed, and she took care of about four-six other kids at the same time. she also had dual degrees in psychology and child development.

she is an amazing person, and someone i was very blessed to have come into our lives.

I have a 17 yr. old daughter who works part time at as a fill in daycare assistant. She typically makes $60.00 per day (approx. 5 hours) to care for the kids. However, she is never there alone. The Owner of the daycare is always there with her.

Sometimes my daughter is needed for Field Trips to the zoo or such. Her duties do not include laundry but she does help with feeding the children and cleaning up toys, dishes, etc.

I'm not sure where you are located but we live in rural South Dakota and the general consensus is that a parent will pay better for better care....to know their pride and joy is safe in a babysitters hands.

I understand a lot of people are hurting financially. Perhaps that family is having a hard time too. However, since the agreement they had at the beginning has changed (ie babysitter doing the kids chores) then the verbal contract needs to be re-worked. If the parents are not willing to do that, then your daughter should walk away from this job and find another if that is at all feasible.

Good luck with it all.

it depends on where your from, where I grew up it was 10-20/day depending on how often they wanted a babbysitter...if it was every day 10/day worked.

But if she is happy with the arrangement than why interfere? yes those aren't 'minimum' wage..but if she is fine with it. 150/week is a decent chunk of change for a 17yr old, if they are living at home and with no real bills. but that is up to her and what she is willing to accept. I'm sure if she isn't willing to accept the 30/day they will find a 15/16 yr old that is.

That is BULL! If it was my daughter I would make her quit! That is SUB minimum wage and not enough for the responsibilities and labor. Daycare here in Los Angeles is VICIOUSLY expensive like if it only costs $600 a month you are doing very well! If you can get it done for less you are doing great! And that is JUST AFTER SCHOOL HOURS!

well i think that sitters get more than $3.00 a day now...

in this market, its totally relative to the type of income a parent is MAKING,,,,I paid our babysitter 25 per day(which worked out to nearly fifty percent of my own earnings, after taxes), she was grown and she watched her from 7 until 6 monday through friday

i had a friend from high school yrs ago
she had me and another friend babysit her kids on differnt days and times of course
she would give me mostly cash and what was remaining foodstamps
yea i know that wasent right but she would take me to the store
instead of me handing the foodstamps
which was about $15 from what she owed me

i didnt complain for i knew her
she had food so there was no worry
now if she didnt i would had and i would had taken her kids to my house if they needed food


i had another lady its been about 12yrs
she had 5 kids. and i dont know what she was doing on paying her bills
she was getting money for her kids its just that she didnt seem to give a crap
there was several times i actually took them to my house so they could eat.
and she stated oh there food........(there was non)

She quit the babysitting job....the lady and her husband make good money but they told her they were only going to pay $15 a day. BS!!

i pay $7/hr...$10/hr is a bit much for someone that isn't certified and isn't really expected to do much other than making sure the kiddos don't kill themselves or burn your house down.

thats a generous wage, the children's ages makes a difference too

for alot of people 7 per hour is only about one or two dollars an hour less than what their job pays THEM,,,