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Originally posted by rufus leeking
I'll channel you into the thoughts of one of the biggest $$ generators here, (Not Calif.) my kid.,
My kid is just starting- $$ range from 6-10/hour going down as the number of hours increases. that is, running out for an hour 10$- going out for 6 hours , 7$ might be okay, but not NYE which requires a bigtime premium.
The best babysitter lives across the street so you don't have to drunk drive her home, but you should pay for her door-back to her door time. You must provide dinner/ and snacks. If you hire my daughter pizza is okay, I think absent some dietary thing this would be true of most.
This American Life has a hilarious story about babysitting food. if you download old ones and are interested let me know and I'll give episode detail.
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And if you cancel at the last minute, you have to pay them for the time you would have been out. I have to say I got paid in excess of $5/hr 15 years ago in the boonies so I'm surprised you people can get away with $7/hr. Add an additional $1 to $2 per hour for each child in excess of one. The babysitter should be told s/he may eat anything in the kitchen and should definitely be provided food if s/he will be at your house during the dinner hour. Ideally, you could ask ahead of time what s/he would like (or at least preferred toppings). I think I generally used to be left "real" food by my most preferred customers, and would be told to make kraft mac & cheese for the kids. If you do not have kid-friendly snacks in your house, buy some and leave them on the counter or whatever. GOD I hated babysitting for people who only had crappy (meaning healthy and boring) food in the house. I tended not to be as available for last-minute or extra-hours help for such people, if I continued caring for their kids at all.
