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Post by gigito7 on Feb 6, 2023 19:30:58 GMT
I know I’m out of the loop and I’m old so take that into account. My granddaughter babysat one child for 8 hrs and mom paid her $600. I was shocked. My DGD works in a small boutique in a high end hotel at the beach town where she lives in FL. Mom is an actress/model from New York. She comes to this hotel frequently. DGD met this woman when woman came into boutique. Woman wants to use DGD again when she comes back.
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Post by workingclassdog on Feb 6, 2023 19:40:01 GMT
1.00/hour.. that was my going rate when I was a teen. 1 kid or 6. LOL
My DD babysits and gets about $150 a day. I think she is probably less than most.
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Post by katiescarlett on Feb 6, 2023 19:43:15 GMT
My DD babysits in the town where she goes to college in Florida and makes $18 to $20 an hour. They also frequently pay for her food or give her extra gas money.
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Post by gramasue on Feb 6, 2023 19:45:34 GMT
I might have to come out of retirement! LOL
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Post by myshelly on Feb 6, 2023 19:47:21 GMT
At least $10 per hour per child. At the least.
More if it’s a full time nanny type position.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Feb 6, 2023 20:22:41 GMT
I know I’m out of the loop and I’m old so take that into account. My granddaughter babysat one child for 8 hrs and mom paid her $600. I was shocked. My DGD works in a small boutique in a high end hotel at the beach town where she lives in FL. Mom is an actress/model from New York. She comes to this hotel frequently. DGD met this woman when woman came into boutique. Woman wants to use DGD again when she comes back. Holy shit, is that a typo? Or did you mean $60??? |
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Post by busy on Feb 6, 2023 20:28:13 GMT
I know I’m out of the loop and I’m old so take that into account. My granddaughter babysat one child for 8 hrs and mom paid her $600. I was shocked. My DGD works in a small boutique in a high end hotel at the beach town where she lives in FL. Mom is an actress/model from New York. She comes to this hotel frequently. DGD met this woman when woman came into boutique. Woman wants to use DGD again when she comes back. That's definitely not a normal rate, but I imagine when you split time between various locations, it's very difficult to find childcare if you don't have a traveling nanny with you. So, it makes sense for this woman to make it lucrative enough that whenever she is in town, you granddaughter will say yes to watching the child. DS is 15 now but I think we paid $20/hr the last time we used a babysitter. |
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Post by gigito7 on Feb 6, 2023 21:31:20 GMT
I might have to come out of retirement! LOL I said the same thing to my DD. This was not a typo……$600. I was flabbergasted. |
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Post by papersilly on Feb 6, 2023 21:34:42 GMT
what would you pay to make sure your child was in competent and responsible hands? does this sitter know CPR? Heimlich? what to say to first responders in case of emergency? knows simple first aid? knows how to use a fire extinguisher? is gentle? kind?
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Post by ~summer~ on Feb 6, 2023 21:35:55 GMT
I might have to come out of retirement! LOL I said the same thing to my DD. This was not a typo……$600. I was flabbergasted. but this is a unique situation with a rich and famous (assuming) mom who is traveling. Normal rates around me are $20-25/hour. |
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Post by maryland on Feb 6, 2023 21:57:16 GMT
My daughter's never were interested in babysitting, so not sure what the going rate is. But my daughter's boyfriend occasionally babysat and got around $15-$25/hr. depending on the number/ages of kids. That was about 6 yrs. ago though.
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Post by peabay on Feb 6, 2023 22:14:48 GMT
In my town it's 20.00 an hour.
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Post by Gennifer on Feb 6, 2023 23:22:49 GMT
Sounds like she wants to make sure she’ll drop everything to be at her back and call when she’s in town.
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Post by gigito7 on Feb 7, 2023 0:14:09 GMT
what would you pay to make sure your child was in competent and responsible hands? does this sitter know CPR? Heimlich? what to say to first responders in case of emergency? knows simple first aid? knows how to use a fire extinguisher? is gentle? kind? The mom in question didn’t ask those questions of my DGD. To my knowledge DGD hasn’t had that training but she is very articulate, smart and she would know who to call. Plus they were at the hotel all day playing in the game room, pool and other activities the hotel provides. The staff at the hotel knows this woman and child plus my DGD. I just thought $600 was overkill. |
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 7, 2023 0:34:30 GMT
I pay $30 an hour for someone to watch my 4 (ages 4, 6, 9, 11). Back in CA I paid more like $40-50 an hour.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 7, 2023 0:44:15 GMT
When I was a teen $2-$3 an hour was what I was paid. Baby sitters didn't set the price and it wasnt hourly- the parents asked if you wanted to sit and then they paid you at the end of the evening.
I would say for 8 hours with a child under 3, I would probably pay $100. For older, more independent kids, less.
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Post by ntsf on Feb 7, 2023 1:18:09 GMT
$20-40 per hour. I would suggest she take an online first aid course.. it is not hard and will give her some tools.
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Post by epeanymous on Feb 7, 2023 1:45:52 GMT
I have not used a teen babysitter but college-aged babysitters here would start at $20/hour at least for one kid.
When I was a 13-year-old (circa 1984) I got $1/hour and even less for overnights, which, in retrospect, was (1) insanely low even then and (2) insanely weird even by 80s standards to have an eighth-grader babysit your kids for the weekend.
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Post by pancakes on Feb 7, 2023 17:35:10 GMT
We pay $20/hour...not for a teen, but a regular adult (previous daycare teachers). We will also buy dinner if they don't plan to bring any over and will either drive them home or pay for an Uber if it's far.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 7, 2023 22:57:41 GMT
$20-40 per hour. I would suggest she take an online first aid course.. it is not hard and will give her some tools. Soooo, only wealthy people can go out? I dont make $40/hour. Im surely not going to pay a babysitter that much! |
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Post by peaname on Feb 8, 2023 2:17:27 GMT
Did she have to sign an NDA?
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 8, 2023 2:28:46 GMT
I’m curious about this too. My kid just took an all day Red Cross babysitter’s training class which included basic CPR. She said most of the kids in the class were 5th graders. I think around here most teenage sitters get around $12-15 an hour, more if there are multiple kids. We almost never did anything without our kid because sitters were so expensive.
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Post by Merge on Feb 8, 2023 2:38:01 GMT
Younger DD gets $20/hr when she sits for my students in the fancy neighborhood around our school. Rates are likely a bit lower elsewhere. She also has her own transportation so parents aren’t on the hook for that.
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Post by boys5times on Feb 8, 2023 4:09:20 GMT
Holy Cow; that's crazy!!! I'm a grandma, so out of the loop. And none of my kids leave their kids (my grandkids; 13 of them now!) with anyone except family. They either take them, don't go, or leave them with family (which is there a lot of). At first I didn't get it, but I do now. Too much shit happens to kids you don't know who you can trust. Actually I take that back. One of them had a couple nanny's but they came from reputable agencies with background checks and references, and they also work from home.
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Post by ntsf on Feb 8, 2023 5:41:49 GMT
I live in a town with rich people.. so the standard wage is at least $20 for any job.. so babysitters get more.
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Post by scrapmaven on Feb 8, 2023 16:18:50 GMT
WOW. I used to make .50cents per hour. One time I babysat 5 kids for NYE for 3 hours and they paid me $5 total and I thought I was rich.
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Post by gigito7 on Feb 8, 2023 16:38:14 GMT
Did she have to sign an NDA? No. |
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Post by finsup on Feb 8, 2023 17:36:56 GMT
Did she have to sign an NDA? No. Then tell us who it is! 😄 |
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Post by gigito7 on Feb 8, 2023 18:51:27 GMT
Then tell us who it is! 😄 No I won’t do that. She’s not someone who is that famous, imo. She models and has acted on TV. 🤷♀️ |
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Post by tuva42 on Feb 8, 2023 20:19:18 GMT
Rich people pay the oddest amounts. My 24 yo DD does some dog sitting thru Rover.com. She had a client who asked her to come to the house one time on a Saturday, let the dog out and spend about an hour at the house. That's it. No walking the dog, no spending the night. They paid her $30, which on Rover was the rate for 2 dogs, so not extravagant. But, when they got back to town they sent her a tip through Venmo for $300!!! She texted them to make sure they hadn't added one zero too many. They said, no, they meant to send her $300.
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