Cost of Childcare

[nannynick]

Which of the following do you feel is better?

A.) From £2.50 per hour (per child)
B.) £10 per hour (per family)

Please answer A or B along with how many children you have in your family... eg. A1, A3, B5 etc.

B5

A1

Yes sir, only answering the question sir

A - 2 children.

Permission to speak freely sir......

Well, assuming I was happy with the care and had no issues and this was purely about payment choices........

A - since I only have 2 children.

If I had more than 4 children, I'd go with option B

Obviously.

Who in their right mind is going to say to you well, nick, I have one child so I think I'd choose to pay you £10 an hour instead of £2.50

Quiiiiiick March, left 'ight, left 'ight

A-3 although depends on what is offered with each?

A2

B3

Thank you all for your time and patience in responding to this thread (and the associated discussion thread).

I am sorry if anyone feels it was inappropriate of me to post this question, or for me to be rather blunt when it came to wanting it answered in a particular way. I thought that if there was discussion on the same thread as the question, then it would skew any useful results, which may then prevent this from helping the many childminders, other childcare providers, plus parents learn that when it comes to pricing of a personal service, parents must take care to collect all the facts, before they make a decision.

I am a regular contributor to Mumsnet, typically in this section, and I hope that the majority of what I write helps people. Some will cause controversy, sometimes I may upset someone, but I hope that the big picture view is that I am an asset to the community.

I am sorry if anyone feels it was wrong of me to post what I did. Will try harder next time... if you will still have me here

aw love, don't take on so.

oh bless you ! i was a bit snippy , most unlike me .. hope you got what you needed !

Did this thread taken an unexpected turn then?

I was wondering the same.

Don't worry Nick, not quite sure why anyone would mind this sort of question

A since I only have one child.

I'd want to know what the care they were offering actually was before deciding whether I was even interested!