It was in the 80s, in rural Upstate New York. Teenage babysitters never got more than $1 an hour -- we would never have even thought to ask. I did secretly wish it was $2, but I couldn't have imagined $15 an hour in my wildest dreams. $15 was like...a million. :-)
I'm sure professional nannies were paid much better. But usually adult sitters sat for free, and were relatives or friends of the parents. As an adult I babysat for free a few times for my friends. But then I moved to Boston, and it doesn't work that way here.
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Date: 2006-10-23 01:24 pm (UTC)I'm sure professional nannies were paid much better. But usually adult sitters sat for free, and were relatives or friends of the parents. As an adult I babysat for free a few times for my friends. But then I moved to Boston, and it doesn't work that way here.