Is providing care to twins 50-80 hours a week for $50 bux cheap?
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will you watch my kids?.....lol It is very cheap think 80 hours thats 32 cents an hour. adults in sweatshops in china make more then that and twins is hard ( i know because i am one) . let THEm count there losses.. put in ad in the paper for 3x as much for one child and you will get endless responses trust me. Its a blessing in disguise now you could make $300 a week instead of $50.00. You are TOO good to them for them to be so unthankful
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50bucks is cheap for twins!! it should be 50 each!!
That is really cheap I pay 120.00 a week and thats for one kid.
My mother used to charge me, her own daughter, 1 dollar per hour for watching my son, her grandson. So you take I worked 40 hours a week and would drop him off 30 minutes before my shift and 30 minutes after my shift, so that was 45 hours a week, for 45 dollars. You are to cheap and they are taking advantage of you. My mom was only so cheap cause I am her daughter.
Very cheap. You should always charge by hour with a minimum of $8 per hour.
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yes, that is cheap. I paid 70 dollars for one child in daycare for only 3 days a week. Set schedule. Drop off by 9 and pick up by 5. Not to seem mean, but your nuts. Call your local daycare centers and see what their rates are. Then adjust yours. You are being taken advantage off. At least in my opinion.
That's 50cents an hour per kid!!! My daughter-in-law is looking at $800 a month for one in a Day Care Center. You are working for less than slave labor! They are definitely taking advantage of you... You don't live in South Carolina do you???
two boys for at least 10 hours a day you should at least get $5 an hour per kid. AT LEAST. $10 per kid is more like it. And you should charge them by the hour. So if they leave them overnight then its by the hour.
$50 a week? thats insane. Go get different kids to watch.
You are getting taken avantage of. You should be getting over a $100 a week for 2 kids.
They are taking advantage of you. I read your other question about how they weren't bringing the twins back...
Girlfriend - Cut Your Losses! Let them LEAVE and don't accept them back. Tell them the spot has been filled!
You should be able to find someone else. Put a posting on craigslist.org for your area (it's free). You don't need people like that in your life!!!
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Most child care providers charge $150 a week PER CHILD. That amount of money is for a full time work period which is more than five hours a day. If these parents are having you watch there kids for 50 bucks a week and then they only paid you 10 buck for 3 days straight??? Some thing is wrong and I would get DSS involved. Start writting every thing down!!!! Your getting suckered!
When I provided child care out of my home I charged $2.00/hr for one child. So , yes 50.00 for both of them is cheap. I also had parents that did what they are doing to you...never quite knowing when the kids were going to be picked up. I at one point I drew up a "contract" that I had parents sign that pretty much said after a certain point of being late the fee would be higher. As for them not being back today. Try calling them..just saying I thought the kids were going to be here today ..I hope all is ok. And just see what they say to you in regards to what happened today or when they are going to be back. Hope some of this helps.
If the price is $50.00 for the entire week; the answer is definitly too cheap. The usual price is about $40-50 cnd per child per day.
$50 for watching two 2 year olds for a week is insanely cheap.
I pay $28 a day for my son, and I thought that was a steal.
To me, $50 a week is just not worth it for me to sacrifice that much of my time to someone else's kids for that amount of time. You'd make more working part time somewhere.
they were taking advantage of you!
don't be sorry, you were sticking up for yourself!
just give them a call and ask if they intend to bring the twins back to you for care. if so, then tell them that you would like to set up some guidelines.
if they were taking their kids to an actual day care, then they would have a fee to pay for every minute, half-hour or hour after the "pick-up" time. they wouldn't be allowed to leave their kids there overnight and they would have to pay what the day care charges, not what they want to pay. so, here's your list:
--the kids need to be picked up by "blank time" at the latest. any time after that is extra and a "blank fee" will be added.
--the kids will not stay the night here unless i am notified in advance "blank days notice" and this will be "blank fee".
-- the kids will have the following provided for them here, but you need to bring the rest.....(then list what meals you will provide and if you want the parents to provide diapers, snacks, juice boxes, etc )
hopefully, this will teach them not to take advantage of someone and that you will not be walked over any longer.
seriously, $50/wk for twins all day everyday!! that's ridiculous. you were probably saving them 200-300 bucks a week in daycare! they should be kissing your feet!
take care and i hope it all works out.
that's is very cheap! you deserve more, especially for twins, my goodness!!!
I do daycare at home and YA that is CHEAP!!! I charge $210 a week for 2 kids. You're losing out. Think about the expenses that come from those 2. Food, water, and to replace the things that get broken. Just to name a few.
Yes, that's not only cheap, but a total rip off! The going rate when I was a babysitter (about 15 years ago) was $2/hr per kid. I currently pay $500 a month to send my daughter to daycare 4 days a week, for half days only. My sister needed a babysitter for her kids and asked my oldest son to do it and I told her I'd give her a major discount and he'll do it for $1/hr per kid. Which is still a really good deal for her, and give my kid an opportunity to make some money over the summer. My wife has a friend who watches kids for a discount $125 per week for 8 hours or less per day. So I say if you really need the money, do what you got to do. Or tell them to take their kids to a daycare service, and pay the $800 a month or more.
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They may as well just be your kids if their there that long and 50 bucks is too little amount. You should be getting like $150 a week for your services. Ask for at least $150 and tell them that's not even a fraction of what they could be spending on regular day care programs. If they have a problem with that then tell them to find someone else. That's being really irresponsible on their behalf what their doing to those kids.
Lets say $6 an hour for 50 hours that's $300, $50 is a steal and they are taking advantage of it. They won't find anyone else to do what you were doing for $50. If they do, I'd be very concerned about the level of childcare their kids will be getting. You are undervalueing your services. If you don't put a value on it others won't either. At this rate you're barely getting $1 an hour.
I pay 105.00 for 24 hours a weeks at a preschool for my little boy. It sounds like the parents you babysit for are very immature and taking advantage of you...ask for more money and a set time everyday. If they're late charge them a dollar a minute their late. That is what my son's preschool does.
Well first let me say that I know alot of people who run daycares and you could charge $100 a week per kid and still be fair. They are obviously taking advantage of you. IF they dont bring them back, good luck to them trying to find someone who will watch their kids for that change. For future reference make up a contract and have parents sign it so you dont get taking advantage of again. Good luck, you sound very kind hearted but your gettin screwed.
Oh my we pay $32/day for a lady who runs it in her house. Thats for 1 child; daycare here is about $40 /day/child
i think you need to tell them to give you more money a whole lot more money or they need to find a new caregiver. As a matter of fact if they left there kids with me for three days and didn't tell me i would have stopped then watching. Sounds to me as if they found a real scape goat in you.
that is very cheap I watch 2 boys that are 8 and10 for 50 dollars a week and only have them 2 to 3 days a week from 6 to 7 most the time daycare would be 600.00 to 1000.00 a month for the both of them .I have twin boys that are 4 I have called on daycare before.
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Way too little!!! And they are walking all over you! I applied for a job once as a bookkeeper in a day care center, 20 hours/week. And they wanted to charge me $253/week to bring my 3 and 1 year olds along for the 20 hours.
Your time is worth more than that!
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