Hey all,
So my wife came across a post on Nextdoor of one of our neighbors looking for babysitting/daycare for her two kids, 10 and 13. We have no relationship with her or her kids. I'm very hesitant about doing this because of that fact as well as us never having babysat kids. My wife thinks it's a great idea and an 'easy' way to make some extra money. The mom wants a 1yr commitment every day at least during the times that her kids are in school. They would need to be picked up from school and can either be watched at our place or theirs from around 2:30-6pm and she would pick them up. My wife would want to pick them up from their school (which is maybe 5-10 mins away) and bring them here... the other thing is, we have two kids ourselves: a 23mo old and a 4mo old (they'll obviously be older by the time we would start). I work from home as well. Our place isn't exactly large, at around 1300sq feet, so I also have concerns about the mom's expectations of what it means for her kids to "play" - Ideally, she says, they would do their HW first and then can watch TV and/or "play"
Pay is negotiable but my wife looked online at some 'calculator' where she determined (or thinks) that $17 would be a fair ask.
We're still not so sure about this and I lean towards it not being the greatest idea. Was just curious if any of you have done anything like this or similar, especially for the first time.