My wife recruited a few undergraduate students from her work as babysitters. Most of them are 10-12 dollars an hour. I think that $10 an hour is insane for the task. During the day, maybe. At night, my daughter goes to bed and the woman watches movies on her laptop. We use a babysitter once or twice a year.
All of our relatives live hundreds of miles away. So, we don't get out much. We have traded babysitting with other parents before. That's fine with me as long as the other kids are reasonably well-behaved.
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