“Babysitting job perfect for a college student”- dog whistle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay at home mom here with *two* graduate degrees

Working was fun and I liked the money, but as my DH made more and more I realized i wanted to raise my kids much like I was raised - by my mom, at home, with amazing summers.

So, don't you want to earn an extra $40/day watching another mom's kid so she can earn $350k in her professional job? I mean--don't ALL SAHMs want to earn a little extra money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. More minority women get college degrees, especially black women, than any other race.

Aside from that they're just trying to weed out inexperienced tweens. The question is are they paying at least $30/hour for the 'college student' or experienced mom.

Agree 100%.

OP reading race into this is actually, kinda racist.

[Anonymous]

SAHM here, Hey, if a mom wants to drop her kid off at my house sure I'll collect some cash! Only one graduate degree, sorry

This is how my sister resolved her situation when at 12 weeks she had to return to the classroom. The (well-educated) SAHM next door offered to watch the baby for a reasonable amount. My sister jumped at the offer and the tension / worry in my sister visibly decreased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAHM here, Hey, if a mom wants to drop her kid off at my house sure I'll collect some cash! Only one graduate degree, sorry

This is how my sister resolved her situation when at 12 weeks she had to return to the classroom. The (well-educated) SAHM next door offered to watch the baby for a reasonable amount. My sister jumped at the offer and the tension / worry in my sister visibly decreased.

Even if it means you can't do the things you normally do with your own kid after school?

Doctors appointments: Your spouse will have to take time off and take your kid to those, because you need to stay home and watch this other kid
After school lessons or activities: Not before 6:30 pm because you need to stay home and watch this other kid
Your spouse has a business trip to a fun location, and your parents are willing to come watch your kids so you can go with your spouse: Nope. You need to stay home and watch this other kid.

Are you really willing to go along with all that, for an extra $25/day (or whatever paltry sum the parent is offering?)

[Anonymous]

How common is it to hire a babysitter through an ad?? I can count on one hand the number of times we have used a sitter (emergencies) and in all cases it was a close friend. Could not care less their education level, only consideration is that my child felt comfortable with the person and the person was competent to watch a child. DH works in academia and we have been around enough over-educated people and flaky college students to know that a bunch of letters after your name or enrollment in a selective school is no guarantee you can do basic childcare tasks or exercise good judgment regarding kids. The weirdos I have met through DH's work... yeesh! I have stories for days about his colleagues hiring clueless grad students to watch their kids and the ensuing disasters.

[Anonymous]

Like, don’t tell me what job is a great fit for me. Post the job and hope that I apply. And filter out the replies you don’t want because they aren’t young white college students.

I sincerely wish you luck in the working world. You're going to need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always heard these jobs were unicorns in dc because no one wanted them. But we live in a major metro area in the south now, and tons of people hire hs and college kids for these jobs. $15 give or take, for 2-3 hours a day after school. My neighbor has kids in a private school that runs from k-12, and every year she finds a hs jr or sr with a car who is able to take her middle schoolers home, hang out while they do homework and even take them to activities as needed. And my friend only works m-w, so she finds someone who only wants this three days a week. So the kid makes like $150 for three easy days of work a week. Why wouldn’t a 17 year old want this easy gig? And why wouldn’t my friend rather specify this posting than having to pay more for a professional nanny who won’t want the job anyway? People in dcum are bonkers sometimes.

Why would your neighbor want a new driver who may be distracted by her kids, their phone, whatever driving her kids around?!

[Anonymous]

My read on that description is that it’s not long term or full time so don’t ask for any PTO or benefits! No work no pay

[Anonymous]

I always read this as a way to not pay as much per hour...but yes, I do think in other instances it's a way to say "I will pay you in cash but only if you're legal."

[Anonymous]

I was a SAHM when my children were young and two neighbors were constantly asking for"favors" in picking up their kids, keeping them for "no more than half-hour" after school. They never offered to pay but they did take advantage of my kindness, well, one did offer $20/day to keep her three children on a snow day. I was tempted but chose not to do so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're really looking for a reason to be mad about this and there's just none there.

Agree! You are presuming nefarious intent over a little notice of them trying to market their job opening. You seem to have low-self esteem making such a leap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A PP mentioned car seats. What is the answer to that with a college kid? Who drives around with 2 cars seats they don't personally use? Who installs them and takes them out everyday and is the OP paying extra for that?

So we had this setup. Ours didn’t mind installing a car seat. But we also had a car for her use available and if installation was an issue she’d be paid for that time.

[Anonymous]

I read it as “I’m not going to pay enough for this to be your primary means of support but it might be a nice side gig for someone to earn some extra money.” The core problem with finding part-time child care is that very few people are looking for part-time jobs for the afternoon. Lots of people want part time jobs for the morning when their kids are in school. College kids who want to sleep late are on possibility.

[Anonymous]

A ad like this screams job creep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read it as “I’m not going to pay enough for this to be your primary means of support but it might be a nice side gig for someone to earn some extra money.” The core problem with finding part-time child care is that very few people are looking for part-time jobs for the afternoon. Lots of people want part time jobs for the morning when their kids are in school. College kids who want to sleep late are on possibility.

If a college kid sleeps late, and then works in the afternoon, when do they take classes and study?