Anonymous wrote:I read it as “I’m not going to pay enough for this to be your primary means of support but it might be a nice side gig for someone to earn some extra money.” The core problem with finding part-time child care is that very few people are looking for part-time jobs for the afternoon. Lots of people want part time jobs for the morning when their kids are in school. College kids who want to sleep late are on possibility.
Anonymous wrote:A PP mentioned car seats. What is the answer to that with a college kid? Who drives around with 2 cars seats they don't personally use? Who installs them and takes them out everyday and is the OP paying extra for that?
Anonymous wrote:OP, you're really looking for a reason to be mad about this and there's just none there.
Anonymous wrote:I always heard these jobs were unicorns in dc because no one wanted them. But we live in a major metro area in the south now, and tons of people hire hs and college kids for these jobs. $15 give or take, for 2-3 hours a day after school. My neighbor has kids in a private school that runs from k-12, and every year she finds a hs jr or sr with a car who is able to take her middle schoolers home, hang out while they do homework and even take them to activities as needed. And my friend only works m-w, so she finds someone who only wants this three days a week. So the kid makes like $150 for three easy days of work a week. Why wouldn’t a 17 year old want this easy gig? And why wouldn’t my friend rather specify this posting than having to pay more for a professional nanny who won’t want the job anyway? People in dcum are bonkers sometimes.
Like, don’t tell me what job is a great fit for me. Post the job and hope that I apply. And filter out the replies you don’t want because they aren’t young white college students.
Anonymous wrote:SAHM here, Hey, if a mom wants to drop her kid off at my house sure I'll collect some cash! Only one graduate degree, sorry![]()
This is how my sister resolved her situation when at 12 weeks she had to return to the classroom. The (well-educated) SAHM next door offered to watch the baby for a reasonable amount. My sister jumped at the offer and the tension / worry in my sister visibly decreased.
Anonymous wrote:No. More minority women get college degrees, especially black women, than any other race.
Aside from that they're just trying to weed out inexperienced tweens. The question is are they paying at least $30/hour for the 'college student' or experienced mom.
Anonymous wrote:Stay at home mom here with *two* graduate degrees![]()
Working was fun and I liked the money, but as my DH made more and more I realized i wanted to raise my kids much like I was raised - by my mom, at home, with amazing summers.