Quote Originally Posted by DCMG View Post
I honestly don't want to do it at all...and I don't need to keep this child as I already have a replacement waiting. She is in school and she is not sure what her next round will look like t come the summer she will have a full time job so the hours will be 6:30-3:30. A little background about me is I have 3 of my own kids (8,4 & 5mths), the older 2 are quite busy with hockey and my husband is a contractor. The DCB is only 11mths old and I already addressed my concern about the hours and his age with the Mom but she didn't even acknowledge.
I guess my big question is if I do say yes to this what should I even charge her?
Your first sentence answers your questioning and you shouldn't invest any further in this as you have already made your choice and should just acknowledge it and move forward.

I honestly don't want to do it at all...and I don't need to keep this child as I already have a replacement waiting.
So you obviously don't NEED to have this child for 15hrs for financial need as you have someone in the wings. I appreciate that she is in school so I understand the early start and late finish if she has to commute and has an 8am class or an evening class and wont be able to pick up until 9pm or thereabouts.

I'm going to be really straight and blunt with you now and this isn't meant to be rude or cruel, but simply not beating around the bush and to the point..... How on earth are you going to be able to care for your own young children, including your baby, sufficiently when you have another child hanging around, and your husband likely won't be around all the time to lend a hand if he is busy with his own job? Your older two have hockey so there's lots of running around with them which is hard enough with a baby on top of that AND an additional little one in tow. I don't think it is even worth giving the matter of how much to charge for the 15 hour day a moments thought. The mother needs these hours regardless of whether you, I or anyone else thinks it is to long of a day for the child or not. It's really irrelevant what we think or if the mother acknowledges it or not. It sounds like this mother is just doing the best she can while trying to get a decent education so she can work to provide for her child. This may be the lesser of two evils when it comes to handling things as a single mother in her situation. Yes she should for sure get a Nanny, or at the very least have a babysitter collect her son earlier and take him home for his dinner and bedtime routine, but as others have said, a 10 hour day which seems to be the average length of day for most of us is long enough, let alone 15 hours with 3 of your own. Walk away from this one, you don't even need this child so tell the mother asap that it is a definite no so she can get on with finding alternative childcare that meets her needs. She likely couldn't even afford the long day as it would be such a premium service.