Np. You say that but certain professions like restaurant work are getti g more pay. How desperate is op? This is a job for a parent because no one wants to do this job with such awful hours. |
OP here - my kids are in a private middle school with no bus service. I've been unable to find a carpool. We've considered an au pair, nanny, housekeeper -- all of the things you all have mentioned. I thought I would first try the simplest route as I am not too keen on having an au pair with us full time. Sounds like just for the car service it will be a minimum of $75 per day. |
I think even beyond the expense, it will be hard to find someone reliable that won't flake on you for this job.
The long break in between "shifts" will be hard to fill with another job. I agree with another pp to hire someone with full time (or closer to full time) hours where the time in between driving is spent doing light house work, running errands, being home to let in repairmen/delivery men, etc. |
I pay a limo service a $140.00 a day. |
The $75/day estimate was for someone who is driving a maximum of 15 minutes each way. For 3 hours of driving per day? Nope, a lot more. |
Move or change jobs. This person driving your kids will get more quality time with them than you do. I can’t imagine doing that to children. |
We do this. They use our car, we pay $25 each drive ($25 for dropoff, another $25 for pickup). It's about an hour and 10 mins rt. We have been doing this for over a year with no issues. We hire a college student who lives in the neighborhood. While all of the criticism from people who don't need to do this and don't know your specific situation is obviously super helpful ( ) you should know from someone who actually does do this that it is very possible to find trustworthy people at a reasonable cost, and it doesn't mean you are an unfit parent. |
50 miles is $25 in car expenses/day. You need to pay the person as well. |
We did $200 plus expenses for our college babysitter to pick my kid up daily from a week of camp. Involved maybe 20 min Lyft rides around NW DC per day (her place to camp location; camp location to our place; our place to her place). [Note: not a sustainable amount for our household if this were a regular occurrence.] |
We enrolled our kids in before and afterschool care offered by the school and drove the kids ourselves. It worked because we had the flexibility to drop off early and pick up late. |
Since OP's kids are in middle school, it's likely there is no before/after care option. |
So your DH was spending 3 hours a day doing drop off and pick up during the workday? |
Have you contacted the school for assistance? Maybe you could drive your kids to someone elses house which is closer than the school? |
Live-out nanny/housekeeper is your best bet here, OP. |
This is the ideal, but not all schools are offering before and after school care this year due to COVID. |