10025
2
5-7
$15
I provide meals or pay for food.
Yes
Need more local babysitters. Most live in the outer boroughs and are hard to get for shorter stints. And paying for a car from upper west side to Queens or Brooklyn is just too much.
14-17
11530
3
7-9
$15
I expect babysitters to watch t.v. or movies with my kids.
No
Expense!
22-30
11238
1
3-5
$15
I provide meals or pay for food.
Yes
Just dinner and a movie plus the sitter can add up to $150 so unless a relative is in town to babysit we do it rarely or for special occasions.
22-30
Garden City Long Island 11530
2
3-5
$15
ps.. I'm the babysitter - I work about 7-8 hours/week so the mom can get errands done during the day. I take them out to the park and to fun activities.
41-50
10023
2
7-9
$15
I expect babysitters to help with homework or do crafts.
No
41-50
11249
1
3-5
$15
I expect babysitters to do housework.
No
I stopped using one sitter because her car fare increased to $40. I also don't hire more often because the evening out averages $150 and up
41-50
10033
1
1-3
$16
I expect babysitters to watch t.v. or movies with my kids.
No
18-21
11206
1
7-9
$15
I expect babysitters to help with homework or do crafts.
No
CAN"T AFFORD IT!!
Despite believing babysitters deserve their pay.
22-30
Boerum Hill
2
10-13
$5 or less
No
We have a barter system with neighbors and friends in the neighborhood... hardly ever pay for a babysitter, and kids love it!
11372
2
7-9
$10
I provide meals or pay for food.
No
It's ridiculously expensive. This kind of expense does not exist in other parts of the world. I think it should be more affordable when a sitter comes at a time the kids soon go to sleep and the sitter ends up watching t.v. or doing homework most of the night.
The sitters could probably make more $ if they were willing to drop their fee by half, in the instance the children sleep during their stay. I personally thing it's outrageous. Not to mention all the time kids spend on the internet these days. They can be doing the same thing they would be doing at home.
18-21
11201
2
7-9
$10
I provide meals or pay for food.
Yes
14-17
07747
1
Less than a year old
$5 or less
Yes
Grandparents, how could they say no. We go out about 2 a month. Our child is 4months old.
50+
11201
1
3-5
$17
I expect babysitters to do housework.
No
I'm working part-time and can't afford more babysitting at this time. When we have a babysitter at night we pay $15 per hour.
50+
