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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Doing some kid related housework while the kids sleep is TOTALLY fine in my book, especially for $12 an hour. That is a very good rate and more than minimum wage workers make. Perspective please. Your daughter needs to learn to communicate what work she will and will not do. Work she is not willing to do she can decline doing. She needs to learn to stand up for herself.
2. Being an hour late is unacceptable but as long as they paid for that hour it's not horrific. Your daughter needs to learn to call her employers if they ever are over 10 minutes late to check in and state upfront that they should call her if they ever are late.
3. Doing the laundry I assume means putting it into the washer and maybe taming it out and putting it into the dryer...sorry but that's nothing. I don't even consider that actual work as long as it was done when the kids were already sleeping and she didn't have to multi-task. Cleaning out the fridge is odd but again...communication.

All in all she wasn't treated like a slave. Not even close. She was paid VERY well. Especially for her age and current minimum wage rates! You need to sit down with your daughter and talk over her rate, the work she would be willing to do for it and how to say no or negotiate. That is what self employment means.

When I babysat I did so for $5/hour. I would always eat dinner with the kids, clean up dinner, do dishes, load/unload dishwasher, clean up toys/kids bedrooms and then do whatever I felt like doing on top of that. Anything kid related to do in the home felt like I COULD do it if I felt like it/got bored/wanted to be extra nice that evening or whatever. It is ALL about communication. If the people asked your daughter to do the laundry/clean the fridge and she says "Yes, sure." how on earth are they supposed to know she doesn't want to do it?[/quote]

I did all that too so I am surprised by the complaints.  I'd always clean up the kitchen, after the kids and anything obvious without touching personal things.  I never set a rate but I always got calls and paid far more than I expected.  I never did laundry but had no issue doing it.  Common sense is to do a little more to set yourself apart from someone else.[/quote]

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