Is 50 dollars a week expenceive and am i being unreasonable?

Question

well cause i was watching my sister kids and she has 2. well she was paying me 5 dollars a day for both of them and lately we made a deal if she gave my b/f a ride to work she wouldnt have to pay me but she never stuck by the deal and quite giving him rides and keep useing me to babysit. now i asked her for 10 dollars a day for both kids. and she and my mom started going at me saying well she cant pay that much and your being unreasonable when i know the day care here is for an infeant is $600. mothly and i asked for 200 a month. and that i have to work around her bills for her to pay me is that what most babysitter do or what when its famliy. I feels used and tookin advantaged of and everything am i right or am i in the wrong doing for what i asked for i dont know.

Answer 1

She's taking you for granted. Don't babysit her kids for a while and let her find a new babysitter. I pay my babysitter 10$ per HOUR FOR 1 KID! You are not asking a lot and she should be much more grateful to you.

My brother helped me out a lot when my kid was a baby and I paid him between 500-600 dollars a month. And this was 6 years ago.

Answer 2

You are being taken advantage of... I use to babysit, when I was still in high school. One week I was paid 100 dollars for watching two kids 2 and a 4 year old, for five days(8hr/day). Each time I babysat, I was paid 15 or 20 dollars, it didn't matter if it was only 4 hours or however long.To me, it was a good rate. I did have one woman only pay me 5 bucks as well, to watch her 6 year old a few times, and it's not worth it,ESPECIALLY if they're eating your food. She never told me when she was coming to pick up the kid. I felt taken advantage of and quit watching her child.

However, one guy at work has a 4 yr old and her babysitter charges $60 a week, but the babysitter watches several children.He does have to pay her sixty dollars no matter how long his child is being watched.If you feel like you're being taken advantage of, you usually are...I make a little over $200 in five days from my factory job, $200 a month is cheap. Don't let yourself be taken advantage of..If she can't afford $10 a day, she needs to stay home and take care of the kids herself, it doesn't mean she should take advantage of you.Maybe you could work something out with her?I know the daycares here charge $150 a week for an infant. Most babysitters from home charge $75/wk per child here.If you're not getting $75 per week, then something is going to have to change. She needs a better job. Does she go out all the time? She could more than likely find ways to come up with the money to pay you.Maybe she needs to find a higher paying job? Sorry to say this, but sometimes family will use you just because they can and they know you'll bend over backwards for them.

Answer 3

going rate for child care where I am from in TN is a little over 20 dollars per day per child.
no, you are not wrong you and your sister entered into a verbal contract binding in law for a certain pay and for her to give ride the performance of contract was done on both parts then she broke her part of contract with you. So you tried to enter into another contract and she did not agree to your terms.
You are the right person in this situation and 5 dollars a day is a token payment on her part to say that she pays you for watching her kids. Call around to different child care places in your area and get quotes on the price if the two kids were sent there and then demand more money for the work that you do or tell her to put the kids elsewhere and if she does soon you will be asked to watch kids again for more money

Answer 4

Goodness! You are not the one being unreasonable and I say you are being taken advantage of. $10/day for two kids. That is an incredible deal. I say that if she doesn't want to pay it you tell her to stick her kids in daycare. For awhile I was working as a substitute teacher. I can't remember exactley what I made but it was something like $10/hour. One of my very best friends watched my kids while I worked and I paid her $5/hour. So, she got half my paycheck. I had no problem with that because I knew they were in good hands. People should be willing to pay for daycare no matter who they are paying--even if it is family. I mean if she was just leaving them now and then you'd probably do it for free. But if it is on a regular basis you should expect to be paid and to be paid for what you're worth. $10/day is nothing.

Answer 5

It appears that you are being taken advantage of. Most babysitters and dayucares require over $150 per child, per week. You would also have to pay whether they are there or not. Don't let them walk all over you. It is not worth $50 dollars a week. You can get more than that working for minimum wage somewhere.

Answer 6

Don't let her do you like that. That's a good deal especially if your watching two of her kids. Just like you said, she will have to pay way more in a daycare. So, yes charge her 50 a week. She thinks that since your her sister she wont have to pay you the real deal but don't take that from her because she may take advantage of you.

Answer 7

Reasonable would be $5/hr at the lowest family friendly rate for that sort of thing. So if you watch the kids for 8 hours/day, you should make $40 per day at the very least. Anything other than that and you are being taken advantage of. If money is an issue, you should allow some sort of trade, such as food or clothing or anything you need. Make sure it is worth the value of the trade. :)

Answer 8

You are being way under paid especially if you are sitting all day, if before/afterschool you are right on target. My son is in Kindergarten for afterschool alone not before school I pay $10 a day, for a half day its $20, for a full day off its $30, for a full week with lunches and stuff at the daycare center its $160.00 a week. When he was just in daycare all day infant was $225.00, toddler $185, and preschool was $175 per week for 40hrs.



your asking $200 a month even if its for afterschool is a good rate....
If its forty hours a week, your crazy you should get at least $200-$300 for 2 kids.

Answer 9

Taking care of two kids is a lot of work and I think your sister should appreciate you a bit more. Maybe if she is so unhappy you can tell her that there is such a thing as daycare.

You can make more then that waiting on tables after school and weekends with tips and all, so she should be happy to pay for her in house sitter.

It is difficult to leave your children with someone you don't know so she should be happy to pay this nominal fee, if she can't pay that, maybe she should stay home and not work.

Answer 10

You are in the right, and likely should be asking for one hundred dollars a week per child or more like the day care centers! Each time she complains, raise the stakes! Children come with responsibilities, like child care expenses. If she wasn't ready for the responsibility, and can't even give a ride to work in exchange for child care, then she should have given them up to a family who would provide for them without complaining! No one forced her to have children. She took advantage of you, and has no respect for your time and your own expenses. You gave her one hell of a deal! Wish you were around here for my kids! :)