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raeanna74 · 02-05-2004, 10:34 AM

It's a good idea. Althought I wouldn't call it "playmate" service. The name has just slightly picked up some other than juvinile connotations. Also I don't know how comfortable I would feel about her going to a strangers home. I live in an apt complex and I even left her to sit with my sleeping daughter while I went to the gas station 2 blocks away. That time her mother was next door and my daughter had just gone to sleep if anything happened mother can see in my patio window and I her's so there was still adult supervision. My neighbor girl is 9 yrs old. Not old enough to be alone but old enough to be responsible under normal circumstances. I have paid her to come and play with my daughter and keep her out of my hair when I was shampooing the carpet or something more involved. There is enough of an age difference that she doesn't always play with my daughter and also I put her in charge of getting snacks and changing the baby too. Not something a 9 yr old might normally be responsible for. I was here in the event of an emergency but she was an extra pair of hands that I didn't have. I didn't pay her a lot but afterwards I took her to the dollar store or for icecream. It teaches kids how to be responsible and how to be good baby sitters while still being supervised.

Growing up my brother and I did not get any allowance. We were given jobs to do upon request above and beyond our usual chores. For those we were given payment. Even as little as 50 cents an hour. We learned to save this up and it gave us freedom to get something now and then that we wanted from the store. I taught us how much our parents had to earn to get things for us and gave us an appreciation of the work they did. When I was 14 I bargained with a neighbor who had a large patch of garden she wasn't using. I planted cucumbers in it and the neighbor kids would come help me pick the cucumbers. Some as young as 5 years old. I paid them 25 cents per grocery bag and then when my Mom went to the grocery store I'd take them to the produce dept. They paid me for them. I forget how much. It was a big profit but it taught me how business works. It's not like a job where you can use a sick day or something. If you don't work - you don't get paid. It's helped me be a harder worker and more responsible with my money.

Please forgive how verbose this is. I didn't realize till now.

02-05-2004, 10:34 AM	#12 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	It's a good idea. Althought I wouldn't call it "playmate" service. The name has just slightly picked up some other than juvinile connotations. Also I don't know how comfortable I would feel about her going to a strangers home. I live in an apt complex and I even left her to sit with my sleeping daughter while I went to the gas station 2 blocks away. That time her mother was next door and my daughter had just gone to sleep if anything happened mother can see in my patio window and I her's so there was still adult supervision. My neighbor girl is 9 yrs old. Not old enough to be alone but old enough to be responsible under normal circumstances. I have paid her to come and play with my daughter and keep her out of my hair when I was shampooing the carpet or something more involved. There is enough of an age difference that she doesn't always play with my daughter and also I put her in charge of getting snacks and changing the baby too. Not something a 9 yr old might normally be responsible for. I was here in the event of an emergency but she was an extra pair of hands that I didn't have. I didn't pay her a lot but afterwards I took her to the dollar store or for icecream. It teaches kids how to be responsible and how to be good baby sitters while still being supervised. Growing up my brother and I did not get any allowance. We were given jobs to do upon request above and beyond our usual chores. For those we were given payment. Even as little as 50 cents an hour. We learned to save this up and it gave us freedom to get something now and then that we wanted from the store. I taught us how much our parents had to earn to get things for us and gave us an appreciation of the work they did. When I was 14 I bargained with a neighbor who had a large patch of garden she wasn't using. I planted cucumbers in it and the neighbor kids would come help me pick the cucumbers. Some as young as 5 years old. I paid them 25 cents per grocery bag and then when my Mom went to the grocery store I'd take them to the produce dept. They paid me for them. I forget how much. It was a big profit but it taught me how business works. It's not like a job where you can use a sick day or something. If you don't work - you don't get paid. It's helped me be a harder worker and more responsible with my money. Please forgive how verbose this is. I didn't realize till now. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.