Fair Pay?

I have to say that I agree with Sandy, she made some very good points about the child's health and how that could possibly be an issue if you're watching him.

I personally think $100/wk is a good price for a HEALTHY child. My kids are 2 and 3 and I'm looking for daycare for them right now and the cheapest in-home I saw was $85/child per week but most average $110-$130 or so. And of course daycare centers are much more, $150 and up depending on the services they offer the kids and hours there.

Look, I think your attitude is awesome in wanting to help this family out. It is unfortunate that they've got so many expenses and his health is so poor. That being said, don't sell yourself short on the care you are providing the child and the service you're offering the family. If he was able to go to normal daycare it would probably be more expensive because of the extra attention he'd need. That doesn't mean I'm telling you to charge a higher rate because you can, but don't be scared to charge a fair rate that is equivalent to other providers. You will be doing a lot of work and deserve to be compensated fairly for it.
Good luck :)

Fair? For a special-needs child and a forty-seven-plus hour week, that's about $2/hour. I'd say you're doing a very good deed, indeed.

You clearly are doing this for all the right reasons and from the goodness of your heart, and I applaud you. Even so... do you mind if I raise a touchy subject? Just in case you haven't thought about it?

If, God-forbid, an unusual medical event occurs on your watch, and the parents end up feeling you could have done something to avert it, or should have reacted differently, etc, you may be surprised to find that, despite your good intentions, you get sued! The most loving, kind, big-hearted people can do really unexpected things when deep grief prompts irrational blaming. You have probably heard such stories. May I suggest that you find a lawyer to draw up an agreement for the child's parents to sign that acknowledges the child's unusual medical issues, and absolves you of liability in the event that this child has a medical incident on your watch?

Please forgive my introducing an unpleasant conversation into the midsts of your best intentions. At some level it offends the senses, but it might be something you want to consider.

I agree that you must first protect yourself legally. It's hard to imagine but sometimes people do things in tragic situations that you would never think.
I think that your charging too fair a price. I pay $50 per day for my healthy 2 year old and am happy to do it knowing he's in a good, loving, clean, safe in-home daycare.
Your heart it definately in the right place but this is your business and you must provide for you family.
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I think that is very fair especially if you pay for food and snacks and milk etc. I do think they should bring their own diapers and wipes. That is hard work and you deserve to be paid fairly as well. I think you should feel good about the price.

You didn't say how old the child is. I run a home day care in OP. I charge $180.00/week (going rate in OP for infants). Your price is very fair. Please make sure you are CPR certified. I think what you are doing is something more people should do. Don't be scared of the legal that others talk about. These days you can get sued for walking out your front door. Perhaps God is calling you to do this. If so, answer his call. May God bless you always.