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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please re-read OP's post. The neighbor needs her help. If she could afford nanny rates she would just hire a nanny. If she could afford to drop off the children at her neighbor's just for the morning and then do aftercare she probably would do that.

If it were my neighbor and 1. she has to do it to keep her job and 2. I was a SAHM or worked from home and it wouldn't really mess me up too much and 3. the kids were pretty easy to take care of and 4. it was a short-term arrangement with a fixed end date I would probably charge very little if at all.

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We don't know the situation of the person asking for childcare. Is she asking because the morning hours are before childcare centers open, is she asking for convenience (next door) and knowing neighbor is reliable, or is she asking because she can't afford childcare at a center or hiring a babysitter? If this is a long term arrangement and strictly an issue of not being able to afford other childcare arrangements it only makes sense for OP to charge significantly less than what the person would pay a sitter or center if this is also helping out OP. Like if OP was already up at 5am because her kids are early risers and she would be at the school in the afternoon to pick up her own kids and this is one of the few ways OP can earn extra money within her given schedule ..then maybe 30/day.  If this is truly a job, like now you have added responsibilities of being up  before 5am and don't have flexibility that would normally be in your schedule, then you shouldn't charge an amount that is clearly doing someone a favor if you have to treat it like a job.[/quote]

First of all OP i would not make a long term commitment to this. You might want to offer a very low rate for a couple of weeks ($10/hour - do not do it for less than this, do not undervalue yourself).  Tell her in 2 weeks you will evaluate it and let her know if you will continue and if so what the rate is. Determine what would make it worthwhile to you. You will know better after a week or two. You do NOT *have* to take on your neighbor's problem. 5:00 am is really freaking early for getting kids up and out. No way should this be a long term thing.[/quote]

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