DUers who use teenage babysitters - do you pay them at least $15 per hour?

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76. I haven't needed babysitters for a long time, but I used to pay $10/hr

to all the babysitters (usually college girls, but occasionally high school girls/boys)
in Missouri and Nebraska from 1988-2000.

I know I paid way more than the going rate in both the towns where we lived.
But I figured my kids were worth it, and I expected the sitters to do more
than just watch TV or talk on the phone with boyfriends. They actually engaged
the kids: played with them and cooked for them.

Those last couple of years, I didn't use babysitters much because the oldest
was almost 4 years older than the youngest and usually responsible enough
to be safe and stay out of mischief if it was just for a movie/date night.
If we were going out of town, I always had a college girl stay just to
make sure they ate properly, got to school/lessons, etc. and didn't kill each other (2 boys) while we were
gone, but I always told the oldest that the babysitter was there for the youngest.