Caring for children in other parents home....

[Play and Learn]

Also, just as I was thinking about it more - make sure they have a contract laid out for you (with all the details), and you both sign - are you able to leave whenever?!

As Cocoon stated, most Canadian families expect a tonne from Nannies! One family I worked with (3 school-aged boys) I made lunch, and kept the first floor & basement tidy (they had a cleaning lady every 2nd week), once a week made the boys dinner, helped with homework/piano practicing, did laundry for the family of 5, and played with the boys when they were home. It was a sweet ass job for $14/hour. I had 3 weeks PAID holidays, and PAID sick days. I signed with them for a year.
The second family was with 2 children (ages 2 & 3), at $14/hour, and had paid holidays (2 weeks at Christmas), and paid sick days. Signed with them until I found a f/t job (it was once a week on Fridays when I wasn't in School). I was only to entertain the children, and feed them lunch. Didn't have to do housework (minor cleaning up after the lunch & kids), or laundry!

[country girl]

Thanks Play and Learn....one other question. The only way this will work is if I can take my 2 girls with me. She has some concerns with this which I have tried to address. When you did it, did you take your kids with you? If so, what where the challenges with it. My oldest is close in age to one of her kids & my youngest is pretty independent. I have assured her that I would have no problems taking care of all 4, would obviously clean up after them and would supply what my children need for the day. I also have backup for my girls should one of them get sick so I would not miss days due to kids illness. I also wanted her to understand that while there are obvious benefits to me taking my kids with me, it is also challenging for me as well for obvious reasons. I have heard of others taking their kids with them and understand her concerns however this will only work if I can take them otherwise it kind of defeats the purpose for me.