Should you have to pay family for babysitting?

hi somecowgirl! well, if i were to ask someone to babysit my baby, even if she is a relative, then i will pay here something for her efforts. if she offered, then maybe i can just give a gift. i just think that people should be compensated for work done. it could be that they also need the money. that is the reason why some people don't like to work with relatives. they don't get paid. it is not really wanting money more than helping. but sometimes, they also really need it and some people are inconsiderate to abuse their relatives' efforts. i don't like that. if my relative does not really want to receive the payment because she wants to do it from her heart, then good for her and for me. i will really thank her. but at least i offered, in case she needed it. good day and God bless you!

Normally, I would think that relatives should get paid for sitting...the bonus would be that you trust them. In what you describe however, the situation is a bit different. If they are letting her use their vehicle and if she is using it for her personal use, then her pay should be reduced accordingly. There is much responsibility in babysitting and family or not...they deserve the pay...they more than likely earn it. I figure if I had a sitter come to my home, I'd be paying them to be there for my kids...I would not expect they'd be taking advantage of my internet,phone, car, cupboards etc. I would not supply those things for their personal use.... those things would be considered "benefits" so to speak.

I think it would all depend on the situation. I don't think there is anything wrong with paying a family member for babysitting. As for all the other questions you asked I would have to take each situation and figure it from there.

This is a really good question baby and I am sure there are a lot of people out there who have children and have very busy schedules such as long hours at wherever they work,and they have to get someone to babysit,and I am sure there are a lot of people who turn to their family members to babysit because they trust them more than strangers and other people,and I am sure that there are people who pay their family members to babysit,and then I am sure there are people who get their family members to babysit but do not pay them because they are family,or because they do not have the money to pay them,and then I am sure there are people who refuse to have family members babysit and would rather hire a stranger to babysit,and spend extra money on a babysitter,and of course we do not have kids yet,but when we do have kids I am sure we will get family members to babysit,and I think that would should compensate them for their time they are using to babysit,but how they are compensated would depend on who it is,if it is my parents then would could give them some money to help with the bills,or buy food for the house,if it is someone like uncle Rickey we could we could buy him a video game or something else he could use like maybe put some gas in his car,and I guess if we had them doing it as an every week thing would ask them what they want for compensation even though most of them would say nothing,and that is when we would decide what to do for them,or how much to pay them,if they were staying at our home and using our home,our utensils then I would think we should not pay them because they would have comfort while they are babysitting,even though we could give them some gas money depending on how far they have to drive to get to our house,and if we were supplying them with a vehicle and paying for the gas then that would be a good way to help them for helping us by babysitting and we would probably ask them to stay at our home,depending on who it is,and I know your sister has two kids,and that her and her husband both work,and that they have been paying your cousin to babysit,but your sister told your grandmother that she can not afford to pay your cousin,and that your cousin has been using your sisters car and that her husband puts gas in it,and I agree your cousin should stay at your sisters home to babysit,and only use the car,for things such as picking up your nephew at school,and that people should be compensated for services rendered but it sounds like your cousin has been using your sister for a free ride and money since she does not have a job,and does not seem to look for a job,and I know if you were to babysit you would be happy with getting to use your sisters home while she is at work,and we would be able to access a computer so we would still be able to make money on mylot,and I know we do not live in the same county,and I know we would want your sister to pay for the gas since it is a twenty minute drive to their house,and I know we would like to come home to babysit because we live in the country so it is safe here,and they would still be able to play,and I would love if your sister let us babysit,and let me drive her mustang because then I could make Rickey jealous because I would be driving a mustang and he would not be just like it would be fun to rub it in Matt's face since he likes to brag a lot.

I think it depends on the family member. When my parents or my in-laws babysit I dont pay them...ever! Families are supposed to help each other out. Granted they dont babysit twice a week either. I am 10 and 12 years older than my little brothers. When I was 10 I was babysitting a newborn so my parents could work and they never once paid me for it. I remember sitting in the window watching my friends play outside while I was stuck in the house watching my little brothers. So now they return the favour and watch my kids like I did theirs when I was young. But when my brothers come over to babysit I always throw them a couple bucks because they are 14 and 16 and I know they would rather be hanging out with friends so I show my appreciation by giving them a little spending money. But for her to be using the house and cars all the time definately should count for something. She shouldnt be paying her much to watch your nephew, and if she does than the babysitter should atleased be filling up the car for the gas she has used. A little bit of common courtisy never hurt anyone!

I Think everybody in our family very happy if there children among them, because we have a job to do so can't be around the children for 24 hour. There for my family is glad to help me to take care the child. Just imagine how much we pay for a nanny to take care our children? is wise to pay our family.