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I have the hardest time talking about payment with my son's classmate's
mothers for babysitting their kids.
afterall, my son is in the same class with her.
here's my question, one parents asked if I could pick up her daughter on
a Friday after school when school starts, take her child
to my place, teach the first hour of chinese, then just have her child
stay with us till the mom gets off work, so
from the pick up time, it'll be 1:15pm till 5:30pm. she offered
to pay, but I can't make up my mind weather to accept
the $$ or not, If her daughter comes in every Friday,
that will take away the original time which I've planned
to have my son practice piano, home work or take him out. what's your
input about the payment for this situation?
I was thinking of $35 for picking her daughter up at 1:15pm, drive her to my place, teacher an hour of chinese and look after her till 5:30pm when the mom comes and picks her up. by the way, this girl is 6 years old and so is my son. thanks in advance.
I charge $5.00/hour with a day capping off at $30.00 for drop in care and I am a professional provider. So your $35 sounds right in line especially if you are in a higher income area than where I am.
I agree that this fee sounds more than reasonable...maybe a bit low considering you are tutoring also. What would the going rate for that be? You might not want to charge if it was a fun playdate for your son, but it is not.
It is only one day a week, though, so absolutely charge for it and then use the money to pamper yourself.
I agree that this fee sounds more than reasonable...maybe a bit low considering you are tutoring also. What would the going rate for that be? You might not want to charge if it was a fun playdate for your son, but it is not.
It is only one day a week, though, so absolutely charge for it and then use the money to pamper yourself.
I don't want to charge her aggressively and in fact, I set it lower, since his girl is in my son's class and yes, she would be playing with my son, my son has no siblings, so this might be good for my son as well.
Tutoring is worth a LOT of money. Teaching Chinese to a 6 year old privately for an hour a week, is worth a LOT of money. Babysitting for over 4 hours on an afternoon is worth at least $30.00.
Since the mother ASKED YOU to teach the Chinese and babysit, and you did not offer, I'd set my rate at least $50.00 for each Friday afternoon.
You have to consider the fact that you were asked for services that no one else can offer (the Chinese) and as you said, it takes up the time you would work with your son or take him out.
Since she approached you, she should be willing to pay what is fair for your expertise and time.
Tutoring is worth a LOT of money. Teaching Chinese to a 6 year old privately for an hour a week, is worth a LOT of money. Babysitting for over 4 hours on an afternoon is worth at least $30.00.
Since the mother ASKED YOU to teach the Chinese and babysit, and you did not offer, I'd set my rate at least $50.00 for each Friday afternoon.
You have to consider the fact that you were asked for services that no one else can offer (the Chinese) and as you said, it takes up the time you would work with your son or take him out.
Since she approached you, she should be willing to pay what is fair for your expertise and time.
well, it started out as I was teaching the daughter for $10 an hour to just teaching chinese over the summer and you know, I did ask if she would like me to teach chinese to her daughter as she expressed interest in looking for a chinese teacher, she offered $12 for chinese teaching and I said $10 as the daughter is my son's classmate, now when I asked for her after summer new school year chinese lesson plan, she said maybe I could just pick her daughter up to my place and then she pick the child up after she finishes work, she actually has alternatives for baby sitting, but to contine on with the chinese lessons, she offered this plan to kill 2 birds with one stone..
take the money! $35 sounds reasonable to me. I pay $25 just for 1/2 hour music lesson. I agree with you, that I might not feel right taking money for an occasional favor for a friend, but for a regular once/week arrangement, you should be paid.
Is $35.00/wk worth the commitment all school year, every Friday?
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