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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP back again.  To be clear, I'm looking for a 1x a month babysitter for a school-aged child who teaches me how to program the TV and can heat up a simple meal for himself.

I'm sure it's a very riveting policy debate, this question of how much we ought to pay full-time nannies who care for our young infants 50 hrs a week, and how strong their English skills are.  But it's irrelevant!

I have a confession, which is that I work a part-time night/weekend job to have extra $ for silly things.  THe job was competitive to get and it requires moderate office skills.  Usually, a parent or grandparent happily, willingly watches our child when I'm at that job.

Once or twice a month, I need a babysitter to watch the kid when his dad or grandma isn't available.  It confounds me off that I'm expected to pay a 19 yr old $20 an hour to watch my kid while I go make $16 an hour.

Having been a teen and college babysitter myself, and now doing this part-time job I have, I can confidently say which one requires much more skill and mental dexterity.  [/quote]

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