In home daycare rates

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by goodbyesnow

150 is about average. 8.00/hour would be 320/week. Can they afford that? that is high for child care. I know when you break it down hourly it seems right, but 1300/month is a lot-more than a center would charge.

Another paid their neighbor 150/week.

That's $30/day minus taxes and the cost of bananas, juice, Cheerios, etc. to feed, clean up after, care for, read to, cuddle with, put in and out of car seats, deal with accidents, etc.

Care for a 2 y/o all day for about twenty bucks?

I'd be thinking long and hard before agreeing to that.

[snufkinmama]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

That's $30/day minus taxes and the cost of bananas, juice, Cheerios, etc. to feed, clean up after, care for, read to, cuddle with, put in and out of car seats, deal with accidents, etc.

Care for a 2 y/o all day for about twenty bucks?

I'd be thinking long and hard before agreeing to that.

Exactly! As others have pointed out, it would be different if the parents of more than one child were paying me, but $150 per week to look after another child full-time (and that being before tax) seems like a joke.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by ADVentive

Maybe so, but she did better running her own home daycare than she had done working in a center, where she and most of the other teachers also had to have part-time evening jobs to make ends meet. Even for a lead teacher, daycare centers don't usually pay very well.

True, but the people who work in them have MUCH LESS liability than if they do the home-based care route.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by meh_whatever

True, but the people who work in them have MUCH LESS liability than if they do the home-based care route.

You're right. I forgot to deduct liability insurance from the $30.

So now it's less than 20 bucks a day.

Surely, there are easier ways to make 20 bucks than watching a 2 y/o all day.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Was discussing this with a neighbor who said she took in the occasional child when her kids were younger. She said the only time it worked out was with parents who needed someone for a few hours when their shifts overlapped. Every other time, it ended up being too much.

They were late picking up, checks bounced, they'd forget to bring diapers... The worst part was when the kids were sick, parents would insist they had no other options and drop them off even though she asked them not to.

Her husband finally said enough.

When I was growing up, many families had an extra kid or two after school and during the summer and it seemed to work out fine. But these were school age kids usually, rather than little ones.

[sowk09]

Originally Posted by snufkinmama

Yeah, not sure if I trust those Craigslist ones!

Do you mean you'd accept $150 per week pre-tax? For full-time care, that is well below the minimum wage. I am surprised.

Yes. I just assumed that IF I do it (big if), it would be under the table so no tax. I nannied throughout college and grad school and charged a LOT more (I made about $500/week at the peak, no tax), but from what I've seen of the stay at home mom daycare market here, which admittedly isn't a ton but I've looked around to see what people charge, barely anyone is charging minimum wage for full time care. And, again, I think it's because it's in your home vs theirs, you have your child too vs just theirs, and you're doing it for your convenience vs theirs. Update us with what you decide on, though, because this whole thread interests me .

[snufkinmama]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

Was discussing this with a neighbor who said she took in the occasional child when her kids were younger. She said the only time it worked out was with parents who needed someone for a few hours when their shifts overlapped. Every other time, it ended up being too much.

They were late picking up, checks bounced, they'd forget to bring diapers... The worst part was when the kids were sick, parents would insist they had no other options and drop them off even though she asked them not to.

Her husband finally said enough.

When I was growing up, many families had an extra kid or two after school and during the summer and it seemed to work out fine. But these were school age kids usually, rather than little ones.

That sounds like a complete nightmare!

Actually, when I mentioned to a lady in my playgroup that I was wanting to try my hand at babysitting, she asked if I could take her daughter when she was sick because her daycare (like most) has a policy of no sick kids. Um, no, thanks! I don't want my daughter catching an illness any more than the paying parents at the daycare want theirs to.

[snufkinmama]

Originally Posted by sowk09

Yes. I just assumed that IF I do it (big if), it would be under the table so no tax. I nannied throughout college and grad school and charged a LOT more (I made about $500/week at the peak, no tax), but from what I've seen of the stay at home mom daycare market here, which admittedly isn't a ton but I've looked around to see what people charge, barely anyone is charging minimum wage for full time care. And, again, I think it's because it's in your home vs theirs, you have your child too vs just theirs, and you're doing it for your convenience vs theirs. Update us with what you decide on, though, because this whole thread interests me .

Are you going to get back into childcare?

Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I see the reasons for nanny rates being so much higher. I've seen some vacancies for part-time babysitters on care.com that might be appropriate. The question is whether the relevant parties are happy to have me bring my daughter to work with me. Hmm. We'll see!