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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$72 per day is a wild underestimate. [b]No one will do this for $15/hour[/b]. You want someone to work, with their own car, from say 7:30-9 am and then again from 3-4:30 pm? The only possible person who might be willing to do this reliably would be a senior citizen neighbor with no one and no activities in their life.

Realistically, you'd be better off hiring a full-time housekeeper/nanny and paying them $25/hour + mileage. And then asking them to do other errands or housekeeping or whatever else you need during the 5 hours they aren't driving to/from school. [/quote]

IME, rich people like us tend to say this all too reflexively, but it's just not the case. [/quote]

I hired someone to do this for $15/hr for both of my kids.  We provided the car.  She drove to our house, picked up the car, then picked up the kids.  She also cleaned during the PT hours (we only needed pick up).  Started at $15/hr anyway, she did this for several years.  That was in 2012.  Hard to imagine the rates haven't changed.[/quote]

1. Cleaning is more labor intensive than driving. 
2. It's statistically  unlikely that $15 was the best you might have negotiated for this arrangement. 
3. $15 in 2012 is only worth $17.84 today. It hasn't changed *that* much.[/quote]

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