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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whether or not you think the job is easy is really not important. If it were so easy you wouldn't be looking for help at all. It's still someone else's time that they are providing to you. During this time, they can't do anything else (cook for themselves, clean up, run errands, make phone calls, answer emails, relax, watch television, read a book, or work for someone else). Their time is worth whatever they decide is fair. You aren't entitled to help just because you want it. Either pay someone a reasonable rate, hire whoever will accept a lower rate, or find a family member who will help you. [/quote]

I was trying to say this (a bit more diplomatically) upthread, but I'll add, you had to pay roughly what this person would get if they decided to take a different job. What would the SAHM you want to hire expect if, instead, she got a part time job in a daycare? What would a college student make on campus without having to commute to your house?

The reason childcare can be much cheaper than the wages for alternative jobs is, frankly, lots of the women doing this work don't have legal status to work. But you're not even contemplating someone who doesn't have legal status or maybe doesn't speak much English (nor should you!). But that's the secret to paying low wages. [/quote]

If someone is willing to take a caregiving job then they are no longer a SAHM.  A SAHM wants to care for her family, not yours.  Many are very educated in this area, including having high level professional jobs and master's degrees.[/quote]

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