Nothing makes you feel as worthless as finding out how much you're worth. And I'm not talking about that crap about how much a stay at home mother is worth http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1916891 cause that's crap. No offense to the moms out there, but we don't do all those jobs full time, or even part time with the finesse and skill that a professional in that profession would.
Sorry, it's true.
So of course money's tight.
It always is.
So I started doing some in home childcare. I get paid by the state to watch the kids of an unemployed mom while she job hunts, and eventually once she starts working.
I get paid in "units" one unit being 5 hours. So in a regular day of child care, I would get paid for 2 units, at about $8 per unit per kid.
Yeah.
That's about $30 a day for watching, feeding, playing with, entertaining and protecting 2 children.

Which sucks.

I should be worth more.
But I'm not.

And I would just say "screw it" but that $30/day is $150/ week and $600/month.

And that's $600 more than I have now.

Until the older one goes back to school, then it's only $480 a month.....and that sucks even more.

Nothing makes you feel as worthless as finding out how much you're worth. And I'm not talking about that crap about how much a stay at home mother is worth http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1916891 cause that's crap. No offense to the moms out there, but we don't do all those jobs full time, or even part time with the finesse and skill that a professional in that profession would.
Sorry, it's true.
So of course money's tight.
It always is.
So I started doing some in home childcare. I get paid by the state to watch the kids of an unemployed mom while she job hunts, and eventually once she starts working.
I get paid in "units" one unit being 5 hours. So in a regular day of child care, I would get paid for 2 units, at about $8 per unit per kid.
Yeah.
That's about $30 a day for watching, feeding, playing with, entertaining and protecting 2 children.

Which sucks.

I should be worth more.
But I'm not.

And I would just say "screw it" but that $30/day is $150/ week and $600/month.

And that's $600 more than I have now.

Until the older one goes back to school, then it's only $480 a month.....and that sucks even more.