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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These kids can do dog walking, dog sitting, nannying, driving kids to activities, summer camp counselors, after school sport coordinators. These are things that upper middle class and upper class people pay a lot for and it’s hard to find good help. People pay $25-$35 an hour for people to walk dogs or care for kids. I’m always looking for dog sitters and pay $100 a day. The person can work another job at the same time. They just need to walk my dog twice a day and sleep over. I desperately need a driver this summer to drop off and pick kids up from summer camp. That would be 3-4 hours a day and $25 an hour. More than they would make full time at minimum wage. Kids need to be entrepreneurs these days. [/quote]

Serious question- where do you find your dog walker / sitter or babysitter? 
Some teens posted on our NextDoor and everyone was all crazy about how teens could be lured in by creepers and not to advertise with your age or contact information on NextDoor. 
So is it all care.com and Rover? [/quote]

Everyone I know uses our neighborhood list serve (not Nextdoor) and/or word of mouth of parents. I would much rather hire the teenage kid of a neighbor than a complete stranger. If someone else has hired them and vouches for them, that is also great.

I have used Care.com before. I hired our first nanny from this site. I ended up hiring an older person but interviewed a 20 year old who was perfect. She took another job before I could make an offer. My nanny made $50K. I hire dog sitters through word of mouth. Too scared to use Rover based on horror stories. [/quote]

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