Child care rates?

[sarah-raz.livejournal.com]

I have a question for the parents and/or child care workers in the community. What is a reasonable rate to charge parents for babysitting? I'm a grad student looking to supplement my loans and TA job with some evening babysitting, but I haven't done any in the Boston area since I was in high school.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

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.