Anonymous wrote: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
- willing to regularly do light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming)
- 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

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

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.

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
- willing to regularly do light housekeeping (laundry, vacuuming)
- 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

Anonymous wrote:Why would I choose this person over a neighborhood teenager that I pay $300/month? The only way I could imagine doing this is if I was working late a lot and really needed someone to help raise my kids. But I just need someone from 3:30-5:00 to walk kids home and get a snack.

For 90 minutes and just walking the kids home for a snack, yeah, I can see why anything more than a teenager wouldn't be worth it.

Why would I choose this person over a neighborhood teenager that I pay $300/month? The only way I could imagine doing this is if I was working late a lot and really needed someone to help raise my kids. But I just need someone from 3:30-5:00 to walk kids home and get a snack.

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Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn't

This post was more geared toward people that could anyways, I want to know if they would. I know the majority of people out there and on here could not swing it even if they wanted. But thank you for your input.

OP here, and this snippy post was not written by me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay $25/hour for an after school sitter who was college educated, had previous nanny experience, lived in your neighborhood (so familiar with the area, likely knows some of the same people), and was willing to use her own safe vehicle for transporting your children?

I also meant to mention this person comes with excellent references and is a mom herself.

Would she be bringing her own children? Or are her kids much older?

Her children are young, but no, she would not bring them with her.

It would depend. If the nanny were supervising homework, driving to/from activities, doing housework or errands...it might be worth it to me. But $25/hour to walk the kids home from school and make a snack seems steep.

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn't

This post was more geared toward people that could anyways, I want to know if they would. I know the majority of people out there and on here could not swing it even if they wanted. But thank you for your input.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay $25/hour for an after school sitter who was college educated, had previous nanny experience, lived in your neighborhood (so familiar with the area, likely knows some of the same people), and was willing to use her own safe vehicle for transporting your children?

I also meant to mention this person comes with excellent references and is a mom herself.

Would she be bringing her own children? Or are her kids much older?

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay $25/hour for an after school sitter who was college educated, had previous nanny experience, lived in your neighborhood (so familiar with the area, likely knows some of the same people), and was willing to use her own safe vehicle for transporting your children?

Anyone who has the money to get good childcare, should pay for good childcare. Or you're somebody's charity.

Yup, I am paying $25 an hour now for our amazing after school sitter. I'm glad to pay the extra $5 an hour for the absolute peace of mind, reliability, maturity, and ability to manage himself. Compared to other sitters I've had I'd even go higher if needed to keep this one!

I have done this, it was great to have someone who had raised kids in the area. Was well worth the hourly rate (which had to be on the high side due the part time nature of the job). She also did some mornings when I had to work early- never had to worry about her being late due to traffic.

No I wouldn't

Anonymous wrote:Would you pay $25/hour for an after school sitter who was college educated, had previous nanny experience, lived in your neighborhood (so familiar with the area, likely knows some of the same people), and was willing to use her own safe vehicle for transporting your children?

I also meant to mention this person comes with excellent references and is a mom herself.

Would you pay $25/hour for an after school sitter who was college educated, had previous nanny experience, lived in your neighborhood (so familiar with the area, likely knows some of the same people), and was willing to use her own safe vehicle for transporting your children?