[Bilinguel Babysitter] How much would I charge for teaching language and take care of their kids.?

Question

Hello, I am offered this nanny job. They have two girls that speak only English. I speak English and Japanese. The parents said that they want me to speak only Japanese to them so their kids can learn Japanese which is fine for me.

However, the kids are 4 and 6 that they already communicate with only English. It'll take lots of time to explain things to them.

The parents said that they can pay for 12 dollors/ hour which is fine rate for two girls, but if I think about the fact that I will be "teaching" Japanese, 12dollors sounds too cheap.

If they ask me to speak or teach Japanese, I want to ask them to pay mor. Do you think that's reasonable? How much do you think I should charge for them?

Answer 1

25$

Answer 2

25.oo sounds reasonable.  I'd be willing to pay that for my children to learn a better language.

Answer 3

$12.00 per hour for 2 kids is not enough, even without teaching them languages. my friend is a nanny for 2 kids and doesn't need to teach them spanish. she gets paid $18.00 per hour. i say you ask for at least that much.

Answer 4

12 dollars an hour is a good price for babysitting. 6 bucks for each kid. That is a fair price.

Answer 5

raise your own kids.

Answer 6

you don't want to charge too much, but that does seem low for teaching too. I would say $18 per kid at least. Though it sounds like it should be about $20.

Answer 7

i'm thinking around 17$/hour. thats a tough job!

Answer 8

Thats sounds a little low. I would say about 18-25 $ would be better.

Answer 9

you should charge aroun 16-25 dollars.

but it also depends on your on your budget too.

Answer 10

I would say $14 an hour thats only a $ an hour to add but I live in San Francisco and it's expensive here so I would charge $14 for two children anyways without even teaching.  Just tell them it will be difficult and you would need compansation for teaching and see what they say.  They shouldn't be two crazy about $14 and then just tell them I will still watch them for $12 just not teach

Answer 11

at least 20 an hour, your going to have your hands full.