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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I'm in the Netherlands, it's 7 euros an hour which if it was for actually just babysitting in a foreign language it would be fine. I agreed to 7 because she said we would START with that, since I have moved here less than a year ago and have no experience doing this as a job like I mentioned. I have only ever babysat for friends and family and that does not work as a referral or proof that I have a lot of experience. So I agreed to that with the expectation that my pay would be increased and also to have more experience to be able to get more babysitting jobs. I do not speak Dutch yet, and it seems that the Dutch don't really use babysitters all that often, so my options are a little more limited.

I'm doing this because it's something I enjoy doing and since we can get by on my husband's income by living frugally I figured I would pick a job that I actually enjoy doing. I don't work full time for this family, usually it's only 2-3 hours, twice a week.

If I had experience as a teacher I could and would charge a private tutor rate, but since I don't, I cannot do that. If it was only plain old babysitting I do think 10 euros would be fine, for two kids. But the language thing makes it more work...and more stressful if it's more than an hour or two. But how much is that worth? I'm not sure.

Do I need this job to survive, no. But she did ask me to make sure I really wanted to do this, because her kids get attached easily, and I did, but I can't do it if the children will not cooperate and I don't think I can be expected to go above and beyond and spent hours preparing each week for such a low pay.

The only reason I'm still considering doing this, is because I said I would, I feel like I would be breaking a promise and I'm weird about that I guess. She seems to really like me and the fact that the kids like me. Every time I arrive at their home the kids run to the door to greet me and are very happy to see me.

I have too much of a sense of responsibility unfortunately. Good for others, but not always good for me. Also, quitting would probably mean I would not be able to use her as a referral so I would have to start from scratch again.

I AM willing to do this twice a week, two hours each time, but I think I should ask for a raise. However, I have no clue how to ask and how to justify it for her. It feels like it would be an awkward conversation, not sure how to go about that, I'm guessing she will think she does not need to pay me more than 7 an hour and then if I quit over that I will feel like I'm not keeping my end of the agreement.

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