Friend wants to pay me to taker kids to school

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Only for the next 2 weeks. She is in her first year at uni, training to be a midwife and is on placement.

You may remember i started a thread about not wanting to be asked to take them all the time. I still don't want to take them all the time but don't mind ocasionally because it went alot better than i thought it would.

Anyway, she wants to pay me. I don't know how much because she didn't say.
Half of me is thinking 'great' as we are broke as always, but the other half is thinking 'I don't want her to pay me cos she can't afford it'

I told her I don't want her to pay me, but she said if i don't accept the cash she will just go and buy me vouchers to use for the kids xmas presies.

I feel bad about taking money off her, cos they are really strugging at the mo because her loan/grant still hasn't come through and I know they have missed a couple of mortgage payments.

What shall I do ??

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I said about her babysitting sometime and she said no I want to pay you.

This week it will be tues, wed, thurs and i think mon, tues, wed, thurs next week. She will bring them round at 7.30.

I'll just feel bad taking money off her.

Good idea Cod, although I think she'll just wait until i've had them and then buy vouchers.

Last year I took them twice one week and she gave me a £10 Next voucher. Which was nice but it's not like I am going out of my way, cos i'm going there anyway.

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Actually, I'd accept something. Doing this for her means she can do her course and she will not want to feel indebted to you or that she was imposing on you iyswim. She wouldn't want to not give you something, and I think if you let her pay you a small amount (under £10 say, for the week), then it will cost her less than vouchers and she'll not feel that she couldn't ask you again.

Though as Rickman says, perhaps you don't want her to ask again!

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Like Cod's idea.

Maybe it's about pride - she may not want to feel that she can't pay her way?

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That is a great idea Cod, or she can come xmas shopping or something with me when she has a free day.

Will definatly tell her that. She didn't mention the money today so I didn't.

Thanks Cod thats a really good idea

We leave for school at 8.20, so it's just under an hour.

Perhaps you can get round it by saying that you can't take money from her as that would be putting you in the position of a childminder. If you are not registered as a childminder, you might be breaking the law by accepting payment to look after her children.

But she can pay you in kind by doing b/sitting or whatever.