Slightly different, but I have four kids and hired someone in the afternoons/early evenings. 2-7pm. My husband owns bars and a guy there was actually looking for more work, so we hired him for after school. He went to college in the mornings part time, then worked for us, then went to bartend. It worked out well for several years. I had two kids in late elementary, plus a toddler and a baby. Often I had him helping at home with the young ones while I ran the older ones around, and sometimes we switched.

Our biggest problem was when the kids started trying to "reserve" him.
"Scott's playing tea party with me so he can't play on the trampoline with you." "No, because Scott's playing basketball with me."

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Anonymous wrote:Go the usual route to find someone - care.com, college employment boards, ask other nannies.


We hired a nanny/tutor for our child. She is more expensive than just a babysitter but she picks up DC at school and helps her with homework, projects and enrichment workbooks. All of DC's homework is done and in her backpack by the time DH and I get home. It is worth the money!

I don't now that this is a good idea for every kid. My kindergartener would not be happy if I never went over his homework with him or looked through his backpack.

All kids are different though. Maybe it's a girl vs boy thing that he cares so much that I am involved in his school. I certainly don't remember caring about it as a child.

I've noticed this too. It seems girls are more self-centered and worried about their own things and being stubborn while my boys are more looking to make others happy and ask for help. I guess this actually applies to adult women and men too.

Anonymous wrote:Go the usual route to find someone - care.com, college employment boards, ask other nannies.


We hired a nanny/tutor for our child. She is more expensive than just a babysitter but she picks up DC at school and helps her with homework, projects and enrichment workbooks. All of DC's homework is done and in her backpack by the time DH and I get home. It is worth the money!

I don't now that this is a good idea for every kid. My kindergartener would not be happy if I never went over his homework with him or looked through his backpack.

All kids are different though. Maybe it's a girl vs boy thing that he cares so much that I am involved in his school. I certainly don't remember caring about it as a child.

I'd look at the local college job boards. American University is easy to post to. My friends had luck with Catholic U, which is good if you're NE DC.

Go the usual route to find someone - care.com, college employment boards, ask other nannies.


We hired a nanny/tutor for our child. She is more expensive than just a babysitter but she picks up DC at school and helps her with homework, projects and enrichment workbooks. All of DC's homework is done and in her backpack by the time DH and I get home. It is worth the money!

Our son is starting kindergarten in the fall, and we are hoping to hire a nanny/sitter/college student to pick him up from school and look after him for a 2-3 hours before we get home.

Does anyone have experience with this type of arrangement and advice about what works and what doesn't?

We're particularly interested in where to find someone who would be interested in this type of part-time work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.