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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I would pay that much.

I would pay it for someone who was:
- mature
- capable
- extraordinarily reliable
- able to oversee homework
- able to prep dinner
[b]- willing to regularly do light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming)[/b]
- able to be available for occasional sick care or school holidays

I might even pay more if I thought the person could be a real godsend for a long period of time.

If I got someone mature, capable [/quote]

I am an after school nanny. [b] An after school nanny is usually there only about three hours a day.[/b]

That is not enough time to do the laundry and vacuum.

Say the kids get off the bus at 3.  
From 3 to 3:45 is walk home from the bus stop, potty, snack, how was your day.
3:45 to 4:45 is homework.  Which I am right there helping them with.
4:45 to 5:10, sometimes I let the kids watch netflix, sometimes I have them clean their room, and sometimes they need to get ready for karate.  While they are doing that, I feed the dog and sometimes take out the trash.  Rarely, I have time to unload the dishwasher before either parents get home or I take the kids to karate. 
Twice  in the two years I have been with them have I vacuumed, and both times I did it after a parent came home, and both times it was because popcorn got spilled.

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If I could find this unicorn of a housekeeper/babysitter hybrid I would set it up so that the person started work an hour before the kids came home.  That way there would be a dedicated hour each day for housekeeping - that would be more than sufficient in my opinion.  But I'd also want that person to get my kids involved - make sure they are doing laundry, helping w/ chores, learning to cook simple meals, etc...[/quote]

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