My daycare charges me 130 weekly and I provide food drinks
Too much. I watch my sisterās 3 kids for free I come to her house and I also have 3 of my own
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Even educators in preschools with all the degrees, child development and a study course in play is something like 10-15. Not to mention in a bigger city. In Oregon where I live its compleatly outrageous to be paying something like that. Babysitters make something like 4-5$ and state paid sitters make 2.50-3$ an hour!!! Now if it was an evening or DATE sitter. 40$ for the NIGHT maybeā¦ when I was a working single mom I made a deal with a ladyā¦ I paid 60$ a week, provided all supplies toys food snacksā¦ I tipped her more if I got good tips at work or happened to randomly get a child support payment. And tried to be as generous as I was able
donāt let her watch the kids
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No $20 for each day sounds reasonable.
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I pay $16 a day for 1 child.
Depends on the area you live in but 40 per hour is insane anywhere lol. In my area the average for a babysitter is 3-4 bucks per kid per hour. And maybe 10 bucks an hour for a date night
My baby sitter watches my son from 6:30am-4:45pm for $25 a day!
I pay my sister a percentage because I do not work the same amount of hours every shift. It varies from 3-9 hours. Plus she lives with me so I buy all the groceries and pay all the bills.
That is outrageous! Especially coming from your sister.
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Here in Aus I charge $20 per hour and babysit in my clients home, I do cook for the child using the food supplied by her mother
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ā¦$4 for one child is what I charge. And I also provide food and drinks.
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Surely youāre joking!! This is a site for REAL questions. Please donāt make up outrageous questions just to see peopleās reactions.
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Iād say $40 a day maybe but not an hour. She must not want to baby sit very bad. Shop around you will be paying more than what you will be making. Good luck.
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Haha no depends where you live but $15-$18 an hour is average. Iāve been a babysitter for 15 years and I havenāt raised my prices. Care.com has a calculator can look up average cost for your area by zipcode. And shes family sheās ripping you off. If shes babysitting full time for you then you providing food or diapers isnt unreasonable, but work something out families are meant to help each other.
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Wow 
your sister is crazy! I wouldnāt pay the Pope that much an hr to watch my kid!! Who does she think she is? If u pay her this u have enough money to just stay home lol
Sounds like the sister doesnāt really want to babysit!
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Nice sister 
find someone else.
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No and especially if itās your sister unless youāre a multimillionaire then itās fine
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Thatās insane. Especially being sheās watching her own niece or nephew. My sister has never asked for shit when watching my kids.
I work part time 1 to 5 PM I pay my sitter 5 dollars a day for my 5 year old and 7 for my 3 year old cause sheād still in diapers and at the beginning of the week I bring over a shopping bag FULL of groceries and help her out through the week if there is anything thing else she needs like drinks or if sheās out of mayo
Maybe for a full 8 hoursā¦ but even then snacks and lunch should be includedā¦
I pay 40-50 a day depending on how long and she supplies food (her choice cause I offered to bring all her food) And I pay 20.4$ a day for daycare
I make a living babysitting and I charge 3.75 an hour per kid (siblings get a discount) I make 30 dollars a day per kid for an 8 hour day. This includes meals/snacks and drinks and crafts and I still make a reasonable profit. I watch between 1 and 4 kids. Really the kids mostly play with each other all day while i take care if my baby or clean the house. We do have structured meals and snacks and try to squeeze in learning time and/or outdoor play. Iām in upstate NY. Someone charging that much must not like kids so much 
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wow no way thats ridicoules
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No. $40, a hour? Shit I used to get paid $40, a day
Damn get you a new sister.
$40/hr??? Thatās crazy!
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Maybe $40 a day but $40 an hour thatās a bit much
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Excuse the videoā¦ I have no idea how it got in my comment!
I pay 80 a week lol. Babysitting isnāt even a a minimum wage job. Daycares donāt even charge minimum wage for daycare lol.
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Dang a daycare is usually 20 a day per child
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I made $2/hr for 1 child. $2.50 for 2 children, $3.00 for 3 children.
Do you even make $40 an hour?
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I qatch kids at home for a living and i charge $20 a day for drop ins if they supply food and such or $30 if i have to. For a full time slot i charge $75 a week for them to supply, $125 if not.
Thatās absolutely outrageous to pay anybody that let alone your own sister
WHAT?
For like an in home, not licensed babysitter I pay like 2-3 an hour per kid.
No way to much $40 an hour if you make more than that are you hiring
I paid 25$ a day . From 8am-430 pm. And my sitter supplies the food.
Thatās crazy Iām a nanny and I work for 12 an hour!!!
That is way to much. $40 a day sounds better.
I would watch your kid feed and take them to the park for 25$ a day Nurses dont even make 40hr. Lol nurses in florida start at 26$ hr
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That is insane, no one could ever afford that. A day care would be much cheaper and they provide the food
Uhhhh that seems like a lot for just an hour :o
I have one i watch for 30.00 a day
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Your sister knows your kid better than I do, she would know what it worth.
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When I was in the NYC area I got paid $20 an hour.
Nooooooo way tooooo much. Sheās not serious, i hope. Im an old nurse 67y. Iād watch him /her for 40$ day! Good luck little momma.
Sheās trying to rip you off $20 a day
Thatās crazyā¦top price in my neck of the woods is 10.00 per hr an check able references.
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When I watch kids itās 20$ a kids a day. With food provided. Thatās from 7:30am-2:30pm
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No. That is insane. When I babysat outside of the preschool they paid me like 15-18 an hour for 2 kids. I made $11 an hour working in child care. Lol full time and we provided snacks but, not lunch. We were $160 a week
She charging you a day what most people pay in a week in daycare no good at all 40Ć8 hrs. A day 320 bucks a day hummm hell no!!
Oh no not 40 a hourā¦ maybe a day
I watch a 3 yr oldā¦ 7am-5:30pm and I get $30/dayā¦ $40/hr is crazy!
I Charge by the day! 15$ a day
Most charge $30-40 a day, and thatās if they have to provide food and drinks for the dayā¦ thatās insane
If she has a daycare/preschool, is licensed and degreed she can ask for whatever she wants. You donāt have to pay.
Find someone else. Simple.
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Thats insane!! $30 to $40 day is average were i am
$40 for an hour?! Please tell me thatās a typo and you meant $4 an hour?!
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Thats a lot. Lol. She is totally over charging. Big time. 40/hour. Give me a break lmao. 40/day seems more like it.
Non licensed i wouldnāt pay over 20 a day!
Noā¦ Unregistered Home day care is around $20 half day $40 full dayā¦ That includes snacks ( lunch for full day)
No. Find a different child care.
Thats like 2 12hr shifts for the daycare i used
$20 a day per kid is the average around where Iām at
Hell to the nawā¦ Average pay is $120 a week for babies under 6mā¦ 
thats 1 kid tho
It sounds like she is hoping if she charges an insane amount of money you will take your child elsewhere to be watched.
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$40/hour?!!! Not to be rude but who the hell does your sister think she is? I pay $50 a DAY for daycare and they provide food and diapers!! And Iām in Massachusetts which is not a cheap state to live in.
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They usually charged by the week. I would say 75for one and two 150.
Ahhhhhhhā¦ no. Thatās insane.
Shes trying to screw you over
I pay $10 per hour at the MOST for my babysitter.
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We only pay 57$ a day for TWO kids.
Thats ridiculous. It would be cheaper finding a daycare you trust and putting them in there.
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Is this even a real friggen question? Like most people donāt even make close to that at a real job . 40 a hour is crazy
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These questions are made up to generate comments. Lets argue.
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40 dollars a day sounds more reasonable
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Thatās crazy. I paid my sister $40 a day
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I used to do private daycare - 20 years ago - and charged $3.50/hr first child, $2.75 for second. Your sister is trying to get rich off of her niece/nephew - a rotten thing to do.
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the daycare around me are like 300 to 500 a week.
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i pay $40 for an 8 hour day and she provides everythingā¦ my other babysitter i had i paid 5 an hour and she was fine with that
Hell no itās not reasonable at all
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I would never charge family & friends
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I paid $10 an hour for 5 hours a day. We paid about $900 a month. Thatās really ridiculous especially because she is family she should be giving you a break
I charge 10 and I have a fingerprint clearance card for card and 10 years working in daycares
That is her way of saying she donāt want to.
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I charge $90 the whole weekā¦
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Thatās more than a registered nurse makes an hour
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No way! I babysit for my sister and she has 3 boys (5,3,8mo) and I take my 6 mo old. We settled on $70 for an 8 hour day.
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No that is crazy 40 a day.
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$4 an hourā¦AND itās family? Definitely not reasonable!
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Maybe if it was like 2 hours. 
Um no lol. I watch my kids younger brother (same dad/diff mom) two days a week usually from 5pm till 10/11am for $30 a day and I feed him etc as I would my own children. I usually watch him fri and sat so if I make weekend plans with my kids, I usually include him as well, no questions asked.
Lol in dreamland she will get that not even close in the real world. Shoot Iāve been teaching preschool for 18 years hv my degree and make $16 lol smh I say minimum wage, she is your sister first of all
Daycare is about 130 a week where Iām from
My sister charge me 35 a week and she provides the foodā¦and all she does is take my son to school thats allā¦
My family watches my kids for free for me if I need a baby sitter. Iāve offered to pay and IF they accept any payment it isnāt more than 20-30 bucks for a full day. 40 and hour is ridiculous.
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Well my sister and I had an agreement that I watch her daughter 7-2:30 and she would pay me 100 a week but after a while she stopped paying me due to me finally getting my own job