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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] If I were a SAHM, why the hell would I want to watch someone else's kid for less than what people now earn working at McDonalds? [/quote]

If you are a SAHM, then you wouldn't even be thinking about getting an actual job, of any kind (including one at a fast food place). The benefit for the OP is that she CAN earn a bit of extra money helping her friend out but it most likely would be more of what she would be doing with her kid anyways (or if she had more than one). She would probably feed the same types of snacks, take them to the same places she might normally take her child, let the 2 play together like it was a playdate, etc. She COULD be doing all of this with her child alone, and not be making ANY money at all. That is an option. Stop trying to compare it to any other kind of "job" as it really isn't like anything else and you cannot compare it to the rates for other jobs either. If the mom was to pay her much more than $10/hr, then the mom could just as easily find a PT nanny to take on the care and have full individualized attention instead of just a SAHM that is a "warm body" with a built-in playmate (OP's child).[/quote]

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