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ULuvCeCe

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Paying A Babysitter
« on: May 20, 2011, 09:21:57 pm »
How much do you pay babysitters? Someone that only watches your children for 3 hours or so? :wave:

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2011, 09:35:46 pm »
it really depends on the child's age, but normally 15-20 dollars for three hours would suffice. if you have an infant, maybe put in a "bonus"

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2011, 06:40:00 pm »
$5/hr for a sitter? I work from home and some times need help just keeping my son entertained so I was thinking about having my fiancees niece (age 11) come and watch him in my home. Think $5/hr is still the rate? :wave:

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2011, 06:44:51 pm »
Sounds like a good price, since your going to be there with them.

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2011, 11:38:14 pm »
for an 11 year old, i think $5/hr is a good rate.
say she comes twice a week, that's $30. i would
have been pretty happy with that when i was 11 :)



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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011, 04:50:10 pm »
around here the rate is about $10/hour :(

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2011, 09:47:15 pm »
Maybe around $8 an hour?

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2011, 03:54:51 pm »
$5 an hour for an 11 year old sounds fair.   :dontknow:

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2011, 10:09:51 pm »
yeah for an 11 year old but now a days its not 5 dollars an hour its more like at least 8 but most of the time 10 when i babysit i get 10 i dont demand 10 but thats typically what i get but i am older then 11 but yes 11 year old thats enough but def not no 5 dollars for older teens

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2011, 10:20:37 pm »
yeah, $5 sounds like a good price

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2011, 04:39:55 am »
Wow, I'm so out of the loop. Maybe I should take up babysitting to make some $$.

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2011, 05:01:11 am »
Yeah, those sound like some nice rates.  I used to get $2/hour when I babysat back in the day.

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2011, 05:52:33 am »
Wow, I use to babysit for $0.25 an hour.  Had a summer babysitting job many moons ago that paid $25/week for two kids from 7 - 5 every day.  I thought I was making big money back then!
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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2011, 06:40:12 am »
yep 5.00 is the rate. sounds fair to me.

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Re: Paying A Babysitter
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2011, 09:39:27 am »
I get 3$ an hour, but I'm babysitting for my parents, they don't need to pay me but they insist they do. But yes, I believe 5$ is the going rate :)

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