From the Parent Club archives (and timely following The Real Babysitting 101 Course post)
We invite you to read one of the top-ten most read Parent Club posts: How much to pay a babysitter?
Here is the question of today Parent Club -- How much do you pay a babysitter?
Some of you may have loverly grandparents who babysit free-of-charge (or siblings/extended family/whatever) - or - some of you may have great neighbours who are willing to watch your kids for a couple of hours for a future return of service.
I have never known a teen babysitter to actually set a fee - they have left it up to me to set a price. I try to overpay -- so that the teenager A.)books me first if ever I call for a babysitting day B.) takes especially good care of my krazy kids C.) I know most of the parents of our babysitters and well, there is a point of not looking cheap...
Click to continue reading (and the comments are full of great tips on paying babysitters!)

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