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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be looking for a 16-18-year-old, and I'd assume I'd pay her $20/hour. [/quote]

That's silly. The parent is HOME. I'd look for a 12-14 yr old and pay $10 an hour.[/quote]

I'd feel awkward about that arrangement because my own 12-14-year-old has homework and sports after school, and I feel that age range is too young for a child to have regular employment responsibilities.  I imagine other families see this differently and would welcome the opportunity for their child to have a job and learn responsibility in a safe and controlled environment. Still, because I wouldn't want that for my own child, it would be hard for me to ask that of someone else's child.  [/quote]

But not every 12-14 yr old has after-school activities or  five hours of homework. Some kids have only one or two hours of homework each day and their family needs money. When I was 12 and 13 I came home from middle school, dropped my stuff, and walked to the elementary school to pick up a girl who was scared to walk home herself. I'd walk her home, then hang with her for an hour until her mom got home. At 14 she went to middle school and I was in HS working from 4-7pm as a cashier, then at 9pm would go to a neighbor's house and walk her dog each evening. I always showed up on time. I lived in an upper-middle class neighborhood. Nobody knew our financial situation and that we were essentially house-poor and why my brother and I worked so much. [/quote]

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