best place to find someone to meet a summer camp bus?

[Anonymous]

Hello.
the summer camp bus will drop my elementary school child off around 4:30 every afternoon. I seek a responsible person to meet the bus and stay with the child for about an hour until I get home.
Where are the best places to look for someone like that?
And about how much should I pay, for five days a week, for one month?
Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Try your neighborhood list serve. Pay between 15-30/hr.

[Anonymous]

1 hour per day, 5 days per week, and only 1 month? There are several options, but none are great. You could find a family with a nanny or sitter who will be picking up from the bus and arrange a share, but the nanny has to be willing to do the share for such a short-term gig, the other parent has to be willing to share the nanny, and the kids have to get along. Or you could find a 13-15 year old to walk your kid from the bus stop to your house and expect to pay about $10/hour. Or you could get a car service and have yur child picked up and then dropped off at an activity every night. Or you could see if anyone from the camp is looking for a short gig afterwards (and your child wouldn't have to ride the bus). Or you could see if there are any SAHMs in the area who would be willing to do it for $10-15/hour. If you go with any other adult (college students included), you risk unreliability and/or unprofessionalism. If you do go with a professional or college student, you may want to guarantee 2 hours at $25/hour every night, that way it's worth their commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 hour per day, 5 days per week, and only 1 month? There are several options, but none are great. You could find a family with a nanny or sitter who will be picking up from the bus and arrange a share, but the nanny has to be willing to do the share for such a short-term gig, the other parent has to be willing to share the nanny, and the kids have to get along. Or you could find a 13-15 year old to walk your kid from the bus stop to your house and expect to pay about $10/hour. Or you could get a car service and have yur child picked up and then dropped off at an activity every night. Or you could see if anyone from the camp is looking for a short gig afterwards (and your child wouldn't have to ride the bus). Or you could see if there are any SAHMs in the area who would be willing to do it for $10-15/hour. If you go with any other adult (college students included), you risk unreliability and/or unprofessionalism. If you do go with a professional or college student, you may want to guarantee 2 hours at $25/hour every night, that way it's worth their commute.

$50 a day for an hour or less of childcare?!?!? That's more than the camp costs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 hour per day, 5 days per week, and only 1 month? There are several options, but none are great. You could find a family with a nanny or sitter who will be picking up from the bus and arrange a share, but the nanny has to be willing to do the share for such a short-term gig, the other parent has to be willing to share the nanny, and the kids have to get along. Or you could find a 13-15 year old to walk your kid from the bus stop to your house and expect to pay about $10/hour. Or you could get a car service and have yur child picked up and then dropped off at an activity every night. Or you could see if anyone from the camp is looking for a short gig afterwards (and your child wouldn't have to ride the bus). Or you could see if there are any SAHMs in the area who would be willing to do it for $10-15/hour. If you go with any other adult (college students included), you risk unreliability and/or unprofessionalism. If you do go with a professional or college student, you may want to guarantee 2 hours at $25/hour every night, that way it's worth their commute.

$50 a day for an hour or less of childcare?!?!? That's more than the camp costs!

Then choose one of the other options. Nanny care is the most expensive form of childcare, and you don't need a professional. However, you're very unlikely to be able to find anyone consistent for under $50 per day, it's just not worth their commute unless they live withing a few blocks of you.

[Anonymous]

Just get a nearby HS kid that can walk over for $20 a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 hour per day, 5 days per week, and only 1 month? There are several options, but none are great. You could find a family with a nanny or sitter who will be picking up from the bus and arrange a share, but the nanny has to be willing to do the share for such a short-term gig, the other parent has to be willing to share the nanny, and the kids have to get along. Or you could find a 13-15 year old to walk your kid from the bus stop to your house and expect to pay about $10/hour. Or you could get a car service and have yur child picked up and then dropped off at an activity every night. Or you could see if anyone from the camp is looking for a short gig afterwards (and your child wouldn't have to ride the bus). Or you could see if there are any SAHMs in the area who would be willing to do it for $10-15/hour. If you go with any other adult (college students included), you risk unreliability and/or unprofessionalism. If you do go with a professional or college student, you may want to guarantee 2 hours at $25/hour every night, that way it's worth their commute.

In less they are desperate for money, no way a SAHM is going to do it for $10 an hour. That's a huge hassle just for an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 hour per day, 5 days per week, and only 1 month? There are several options, but none are great. You could find a family with a nanny or sitter who will be picking up from the bus and arrange a share, but the nanny has to be willing to do the share for such a short-term gig, the other parent has to be willing to share the nanny, and the kids have to get along. Or you could find a 13-15 year old to walk your kid from the bus stop to your house and expect to pay about $10/hour. Or you could get a car service and have yur child picked up and then dropped off at an activity every night. Or you could see if anyone from the camp is looking for a short gig afterwards (and your child wouldn't have to ride the bus). Or you could see if there are any SAHMs in the area who would be willing to do it for $10-15/hour. If you go with any other adult (college students included), you risk unreliability and/or unprofessionalism. If you do go with a professional or college student, you may want to guarantee 2 hours at $25/hour every night, that way it's worth their commute.

In less they are desperate for money, no way a SAHM is going to do it for $10 an hour. That's a huge hassle just for an hour.

My thought was a sahm picking up her own kid from the bus.