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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t engage further. It was rude of her to suggest that price.[/quote]

[b]There are many people working much harder for less than $10 per hour[/b].  While your daughter is not obligated to accept that wage, she is also not entitled to be rude.  It was not "rude" of your SIL to offer $10 per hour.  Teenagers are pretty pampered and the wages have been driven up because parents buy everything for kids, so they don't feel the need to work.[/quote]

In this area, that would be illegal as of July:

https://does.dc.gov/release/dc-minimum-wage-increase-1520-july-1-2021%C2%A0

So, yes, it is absolutely rude to offer someone a wage that would be not only below market rate, but also illegal, to offer a stranger. And not even *close* to the legal minimum— 33% below.   [/quote]
You're really a moron if you think people paying a teen to wash their car, watch their cat, or babysit for a couple of hours are going to worry about minimum wage laws.  As if the kids are reporting the wages in taxes?  JFC.   :roll: [/quote]

DP. Her age has nothing to do with the value of the service she provides. She clearly has experience babysitting and this is her job. Also, she quoted the SIL a very reasonable market rate for her services and it was the SIL who countered with a 60% below market rate. If I am currently paid 100k and apply for a job that usually pays 100k and they counter with 40k I would not be very polite. She does not owe politeness to someone who tried to take advantage of her. Stop teaching this to girls, stop teaching this to teens.

The SIL should have asked OP what she pays her daughter and what she usually charges. And when she got quoted $25 she should have said that’s  a bit higher than I was thinking, let me think it over. [/quote]

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