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? asked in Pregnancy & ParentingAdolescent · 9 years ago

How many families do you babysit for?

This question is for babysitters who care for kids other than family (or family if they are paid for it).My questions are:

-How old are you? how much experience do you have?

-How many families do you babysit for? how many kids does each have? what are their ages?

-Are you paid differently for each family, or the same?

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  • 9 years ago
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    I'm 16, I have been babysitting since I was 11.

    I babysit for 2 families.

    One family has 2 kids, Seth who is 4 and Samara who is 7. I normally babysit from 6 till 9 for them, and get paid a flat rate of $30.00. When I first started for them about a year ago, I made $7.00/hour.

    The second family I babysit for has one one who is 4 and they're expecting in June. I get paid between $30.00-$40.00 babysitting for them for about 4-5 hours.

    When searching for these jobs, I said I don't have a flat rate, because the family is sometimes willing to pay more than what you want. If they offer less than $7.00/hour or ask you to give them what you expect, say you expect about $7.00/hour, but say it's negotiable.

    Hope I helped!

  • ?
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    2. There aren't many little kids where I live!

    -I'm 15 and I babysat for the first time when I was 11 for like an hour for my neighbor. I started regularly doing it at 13 though.

    -2 familys. One has one kid and the other has 3 and they normally have 3 friends over too so 6 kids. The family with one kid is 8 and the family with three kids are 4, 7, and 9

    -I'm paid about the same. About $10 an hour but if friends are over then normally more

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