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[quote=Anonymous]We are in Fairfax and have different rates for different babysitters based on their age, experience, ability to get to our house on their own, and what we're asking them to do (bedtime vs. just playing with our kids). We have two girls, ages 4 and 6.

The sitter we use most often is 15 years old. We pick her up from her house and drop her back off at the end of the night. She feeds our kids dinner (which we make for them ahead of time), plays with them, and puts them to bed. We pay her $15 an hour. Honestly, I know she charges a friend of ours more to watch her rambunctious 4-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter, so partially, she's giving us a discount for having easy kids. Still, we would probably pay her more if she raised her rates.

Our sitters who are older (17-22 years old), have more experience babysitting, and can drive themselves to and from our house tend to charge $20-25 an hour. I figure part of that is gas money, in addition to paying for age/experience.

We used one sitter recently for a date night who is 17, has his own car, and is very responsible, but doesn't babysit regularly. My kids loved him, but they were not asleep (they were at least in bed) when we got home 45 minutes after their bedtime. If he had more babysitting experience, they would have been asleep. We paid him $18 an hour.

We tack on a nice tip if we're out particularly late.[/quote]

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