Current rates for teenage babysitters?

[beagle101]

Apologies if this is the wrong board (the nanny/childminding etc boards seemed for far more formal grownup arrangements )

I have found a 19 year old girl who is going to start doing some evening babysitting for my dd (3 yrs) and ds (1 yr). I have no idea of what I should be offering to pay her per hour? What do other MNers pay - we live in Kent (don't know if rates differ depending on where you live!)

Thanks

i had same dilemma last week. I paid a 16 year old neighbour £15 for just under 4 hours - I think she was happy with that

i think its about £5 an hour, we're in shropshire. The Sitters site advises £5.75 9 I believe),

that was meant to read (£5.75 )

thinks rates will differ - we are in cambridge
we pay our next door neighbours daughter £4.00 per hour and Dh breaks it into 15 minute slots when he pays her
when I pay her I round it up.

Lol sorry to not be much help but when my 16yo sis babysits its free or cost of bottle of wkd!
hope iv bumped for you!

Hmm. Now I got £1 an hour 20 years ago and thought this was very good in comparison to others. Even inflation wouldn't take it to £5 an hour. Do teenagers these days get a much better deal?

when you said a teenager I thought you meant a 15 year old

you would pay a 19 year old the same as any other adult IMO - £5 an hour sounds about right if the children are in bed

ABOUT £20 AND A TAXI HOME BEARING IN MIND WE LIVE 5 MILES FROM SAID TEENAGERS HOME AND WE CAME HOME ABOUT 1AM
ooh sorry about shouting, ut can't be arsed to retype it

Thanks everyone - when I used to babysit I got about £2.00 an hour and thought I was totally in the money !

It has been ages since dh and I have got out by ourselves that we are slaphappy at the thought of even getting out once or twice a month (no family live nearby and up until recently dd was a total NIGHTMARE about sleeping so would not have been fair to dump on a babysitter!)

£5 a hour it is!