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Teenage babysitters

Posted: Mar 16, 2011

Can anyone tell me the going rate for teenage babysitters (plus pizza and rent movies for them)? Nothing major - few hours on a friday or saturday night. My child is 10 and is a good kid so no diapers, chasing around, etc.

TIA!!!

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$5.00 an hour - too broke to go out

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Or, if you live nearby, I will do it for $4.00 an hour and then I could earn some money to go out! :)

I agree $5.00/hour - LinK

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That's what my daughter used to charge to babysit. It may depend on the area where you live. I once had friends who were visiting friends in NYC and when they went out the babysitter cost then $20 an hour! Luckily we've never had to pay a sitter. There's a 10 year age difference between my two daughters so we have had a built-in babysitter for quite a while.

re: baby sitters - Kacy

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WOW! You can find teen sitters for 5 bucks an hour in your towns???!!! Not here! South Texas.

I live by a community college and high school and posted a flyer, got some calls and interviewed a few kids. They want 6-7 bucks an hour, minimum of 4 hours, NOT including pizza! I also wanted them to have their own transportation and a reference from a teacher or professor.

I figure they can either snack from my cabinets and fridge or bring their own pizza. I DO NOT allow them to bring a friend and have a nanny cam.

On the plus side, I met a young man that I really like, trust with my kids and use over and over. He also gets use of my desktop for his homework and loves using my home office too. He is studying to be a teacher too, so practices teaching to my kids (pre-teens). He has also helped my husband with odd jobs for the same fee and once traded a couple of baby sitting jobs if my husband would help him with his car.

He says he still lives at home and hardly has any quiet time or privacy to study, so we all get something when he baby sits!

I tried the high school kids, but twice when we came home they had "friends" over and I blew my stack when I noticed they had been in my room...

I think when you find one good, trustworthy sitter, the fee hardly matters.

Higher than $5/hour here, too, and I am in the poorest - Kendra

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state in the nation. We usually ask someone from church who has kids, as well, an offer to babysit for them while they go out. That way, nobody has to pay a sitter. :D

8 to 10 here. - NM

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