Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper[b] for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
Yeah, no kid will want to work those hours for that wage.
No kid is allowed to work those hours
Anonymous wrote:Some of you saying taking care of a 4yo is hard labor need to Google hard labor in N Korea or China…. You are nuts.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper[b] for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
Yeah, no kid will want to work those hours for that wage.
Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper[b] for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
Anonymous wrote:I mean if you visit the Subreddit Choosing Beggars you'll see scrrrnshits of people posting looking for childcare for well under minimum wage.
Just because you ask for it doesn't mean you get it. And yeah, absolutely no way anyone would take that gig, not for that pay, hours, and duties.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
This. That's an okay amount for a young teenager with no experience who will never be alone with the kids (I'd personally still offer $15, primarily because I think we need to value care work more, but then I can afford that so it's easy for me to say).
But no adult, and certainly not one with any babysitting or housework experience, should be paid that little for what is essentially hard labor.
A young teen should not be doing hard labor daily from 5-9 pm. That’s illegal child labor and the state of Virginia agrees.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
This. That's an okay amount for a young teenager with no experience who will never be alone with the kids (I'd personally still offer $15, primarily because I think we need to value care work more, but then I can afford that so it's easy for me to say).
But no adult, and certainly not one with any babysitting or housework experience, should be paid that little for what is essentially hard labor.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You could get a mother's helper for that price, or a babysitter probably. Those aren't nanny wages.
This. That's an okay amount for a young teenager with no experience who will never be alone with the kids (I'd personally still offer $15, primarily because I think we need to value care work more, but then I can afford that so it's easy for me to say).
But no adult, and certainly not one with any babysitting or housework experience, should be paid that little for what is essentially hard labor.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where does she live?
It’s been a few years since I used a sitter but the going rate for an older high school or college age sitter was $15 hour.
Her expectations are absurd.
Occoquan.