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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back and pretty discouraged. It seems split that my rate is both too cheap and too expensive. I set my rate lower because my DH and I don’t go out alone much due to cost of sitters. I was hoping to pay it forward to people who were penny pinching too.

I guess I am too old (I’m 35) to be fun or hands on as well. I don’t agree as I know the value in wearing out a kid before bed.

I was hoping this was going to work out as $300 extra a month would go a long ways. [/quote]

Well it really depends on where you live. In DC proper, $18 is really low. I have no idea about the suburbs/exurbs.

I would absolutely hire a mom to watch my kids. Our current go-to sitter is someone in her 40s who is a nanny during the week. But we established a relationship with her, and she came recommended. We found her through our neighborhood listserv. Maybe focus more on your qualifications in your posting? You just need one family to like and recommend you, and then that can open up a lot of other situations. [/quote]

In Arlington $15-20 is the going rate for HS kids. $20-25 in the going rate for College, Grad school, young adults. $25-30 is professional nanny pay or people with 3+ kids, infants, driving, etc.

I pick HS kids because I want to pay closer to $15 for my well behaved, self-sufficient kids who are not quite old enough to be left alone at night. I picked more adult sitters when I had kids under 4 who needed help bathing, had elaborate bedtime routines, etc. [/quote]

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