“She understood my need for payment, but then lowballed me with $10 an hour because she claims that she cannot afford it even with her $22 an hour job. She says that it’s only two to three days a week since her husband’s parents are babysitting on the remaining days while she works, and she’d be providing food. I love my grandson, but I’m not a daycare…”
“I have my own life, I work for myself, and I think she should understand that I’d be giving up my time when I work from home, and if I’m going to be giving up that time, then I need money to replace the time I’m giving up from my job. While I am working at home, I cannot simply work and watch her child at the same time,” they concluded in the thread.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/gradnparent-wont-babysit-without-pay