Going rate for mother’s helper?

[Anonymous]

What’s the going rate for a 13yo mother’s helper? DD has been hired to play with a 5yo for a few hours a week this summer while mom works from home. Duties will include entertaining the kid, plus fix easy lunch (pb&j, cut up veggies, etc.). Dd was asked what her hourly rate is and she doesn’t know what to say so I thought I’d ask here. TIA!

[Anonymous]

$10

[Anonymous]

$15. She's working illegally, but she should still get a reasonable wage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15. She's working illegally, but she should still get a reasonable wage.

How is it illegal?
Is it her young age??

I would say $10/Hr is low and $15/Hr is pretty high.

Maybe 12-13.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15. She's working illegally, but she should still get a reasonable wage.

That’s too high. That’s what I pay a high school sitter I leave alone with my two kids.

[Anonymous]

$5/hr. She’s a playmate with no actual responsibilities

[Anonymous]

I would pay $10-12/hour

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$5/hr. She’s a playmate with no actual responsibilities

That’s horrible! She is still working (no 13 yr old wants to play with a five year old and keep him/her occupied).

I’d pay between $10 and $15 OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5/hr. She’s a playmate with no actual responsibilities

That’s horrible! She is still working (no 13 yr old wants to play with a five year old and keep him/her occupied).

I’d pay between $10 and $15 OP.

That’s laughable. For $10 you can hire a teen sitter for one kid. For $15 you can hire a sitter for 3 kids. $5 — $7 an hour is about right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$15. She's working illegally, but she should still get a reasonable wage.

That’s too high. That’s what I pay a high school sitter I leave alone with my two kids.

You're cheap, babysitting is $18/$20 an hour.

[Anonymous]

Op here, wow, that’s quite a range. I think $10/hr would be max, considering she doesn’t really have babysitting experience. But she does have younger siblings who she plays with, and will clean up after lunch and playing.

[Anonymous]

It’s been a while since I used a mother’s helper but I kind of did it by the grade they were in. So 6 grade=$6. By 16, 17 yo - they are ‘mother’s helper’ (We weren’t home overseeing them!) so for babysitting/childcare I’d start paying their age and go up each year through high school.

[Anonymous]

I’d say $5 or $6 per hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s been a while since I used a mother’s helper but I kind of did it by the grade they were in. So 6 grade=$6. By 16, 17 yo - they are ‘mother’s helper’ (We weren’t home overseeing them!) so for babysitting/childcare I’d start paying their age and go up each year through high school.

OP’s daughter is not a babysitter. She’s being urged to come over and play games with a 5 year old and make a sandwich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s been a while since I used a mother’s helper but I kind of did it by the grade they were in. So 6 grade=$6. By 16, 17 yo - they are ‘mother’s helper’ (We weren’t home overseeing them!) so for babysitting/childcare I’d start paying their age and go up each year through high school.

OP’s daughter is not a babysitter. She’s being urged to come over and play games with a 5 year old and make a sandwich.

Hired not urged