How Much Should I Be Paying My Childminder, Am I being Fair ??
re : How Much Should I Be Paying My Childminder, Am I being Fair ?? 03/07/2013 15:14 - Kildare Childminders ----------------------------------- OmG she must be laughing all the way to the bank (literally) even at 3 hours per day 15 per week you should only be giving her €70-€75 per week as it is normally €5 per hour I would certainly be having a word (I also am a childminder and would not take advantage of the parents of the children I care for)
re... : How Much Should I Be Paying My Childminder, Am I being Fair ?? 03/07/2013 15:19 - Kildare Childminders ----------------------------------- :-) Thanks I´m starting to see that from the replies I´ve gotten today. Everyone has said around 5e an hour, changing from a crèche to a childminder 5 years ago I didn´t really know what the going rate was and 500e was less than the 750e I´d been paying a crèche so I was happy. But I´ve started listening to friends lately telling me I was mad and wanted something to back me up when I approach the subject with her. Hate discussing money. Thanks for the info :-)
How Much Should I Be Paying My Childminder, Am I being Fair ?? 03/07/2013 11:05 - Kildare Childminders ----------------------------------- Hi, Looking for some opinions on this from Childminders or other people using Childminders. My childminder currently minds my son in her own home, she lives beside the school gates. I drop him off at 8:30 and school starts at 9am, he runs in on his own. School finishes at 2:45 and he runs home to her house. I collect him at 5:10pm. So in total she minds him 3 hours a day. She is supposed to do his homework with him but she doesn´t check it and its the only thing he got a bad report on this year. She gives him dinner but its usually Hotdog, Pizza or whatever she has in her freezer. She is a lovely woman but I feel like I´m being taken advantage of. The last year one of his friends mothers takes him from school on a Tuesday. So she only has him for a Half and Hour on Tuesdays. On mid terms and summer holidays he tends to go to his Grandparents, I put him in Camps, His friends mother minds him or my relatives do. Only if I´m really stuck does she mind him. I have been paying her 500e per month, I have never cut this despite him not being there on Tuesdays any longer etc. Money is tight and I feel the need to reduce what I pay her but I want to be fair. Can anyone give me any advice on if I´m overpaying, underpaying or being unfair? Thanks
