School pickup help

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

How long ago was this, and was it in the DC area? As a stay at home mom myself, there is no way I would give up the flexibility of scheduling dentist appointments, impromptu trips to the park/out for ice cream, and after school activities like dance lessons/music lessons...for just $25/day. The ability to do those things I listed are the whole reason I stayed home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am so curious about how this is something you are asking on August 22..

Because you can’t hire for a job that’s going to start in two months. That person will get another job.

But the OP didn’t say she wanted to hire someone. She asked a general question. It is surprising that she just now is thinking about this.

I am the OP and I was thinking about it before. I just had no idea it would be this hard. And I didn’t think it made sense to try to hire someone in July for something that starts in September.

My nanny is leaving us in February and I'm already starting to look.

I understand that about a nanny but this is simply a pickup. I have someone to care for DC. It that person cannot drive.

Can they walk? If you live close enough that there is no bus, have them walk to pick them up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

How long ago was this, and was it in the DC area? As a stay at home mom myself, there is no way I would give up the flexibility of scheduling dentist appointments, impromptu trips to the park/out for ice cream, and after school activities like dance lessons/music lessons...for just $25/day. The ability to do those things I listed are the whole reason I stayed home.

It only works in middle class areas, not UMC where the SAHM’s don’t need the money. It was common where I grew up, but not where I live now.

[Anonymous]

Can your non-driving sitter take Uber/Lyft and pick up your kid. And then Uber/Lyft back. Or do the round-trip with public transportation? Even if the cost is $50 per day, it's probably less than what you'd pay someone who would want guaranteed minimum hours (like 3-6pm for 5 days a week).

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Why are so many jerks on this board? The level of snark is unbelievable. Is this what the DC area is like? Double ick.

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Anonymous wrote:This may be a naive question, but what do you all do for school pickup? I just need someone to pickup my child in the afternoon. I am having no luck at all finding someone.

OP here. Our aftercare only goes until 5, which is no help because work later than that.

So when will you ever see your kid?

You are very perceptive! Perhaps you would like to give me money so I can see my kid? This is such a whole separate problem from my immediate need of someone to pick DC up, but thanks for raising it!

You're awfully haughty for a parent who waited until school started to figure out coverage for their kid.

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Anonymous wrote:You clowns need a nanny dam

OP here, why would I get a full time nanny for an after school pickup?

My neighborhood listserv this month is literally a page of people asking for “someone to just swing by my kid’s school and pick them up every day”. There are probably 15 people this week posting this exact ask. Do people assume there is a huge populace of driving adults that want to drive around their child daily for $10 an hour?

Swing by, BUT be there at exactly 2:42 and go straight home and take DC inside and give him a snack and maybe unload the dishwasher and run the vacuum and chop few vegetables for our dinner. Oh! And the dry cleaning is ready -- it's right on the way.

That tracks. Off the books, right? Oh and can you cover a few overnights we’d like to go away for the weekend no local fam. Same rate?

And it’s always super obvious how low the rate is “this would be a great job for a retiree!“ The best are the posters who keep asking for local “carpools“, which means “you drive my kid every day for free because you live two blocks away“.

It's always "the retiree or SAHM who just wants to make a little cash." Puh-lease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

$8/hr? HAHAHAHA. Good luck replicating that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

$8/hr? HAHAHAHA. Good luck replicating that.

If I were a SAHM or retiree, I'd probably be happy to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

$8/hr? HAHAHAHA. Good luck replicating that.

If I were a SAHM or retiree, I'd probably be happy to do it.

You are very unusual. Most women don't become SAHMs because they can't find a sub-minimum wage job.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

$8/hr? HAHAHAHA. Good luck replicating that.

If I were a SAHM or retiree, I'd probably be happy to do it.

I became a SAHM to raise my kids, not yours. No way at any price.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister had her child walk home with the neighbor's 2 kids; then paid the mom $25 per day cash to watch the kid for a few hours. The whole thing was 3-6pm including the walking and it worked beautifully for years. Sister packed the after school snack in the lunch bag.

$8/hr? HAHAHAHA. Good luck replicating that.

If I were a SAHM or retiree, I'd probably be happy to do it.

I became a SAHM to raise my kids, not yours. No way at any price.

+1. Also, lazy SAHMs are a bad influence on kids.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think you’re going to get someone to JUST pick up your kids at school and that’s it. Your only option would be to find someone from your neighborhood who also picks up their kid and ask them to get your kid too. You can probably find a local college student to do after-school pickup and babysitting for your kid for probably $15/hr for 3 hours of work a day, more if you have multiple kids. But just the driving likely won’t be worth it.