My DD15 and her close friend decided to have a babysitting "camp" this summer for the friend's younger sister and others in her age group. It was to be held at the friend's house. I spoke to the other mother at the beginning of the summer and told her that I was glad for DD15 to participate, but that I was not available that week. She was fine and said it was great to have it at her house, they had the room and the supplies, her younger daughter and her friends were the "campers, etc. etc.
They decided to charge a set amount per camper, and then deduct 15% from the total to repay the mom for the supplies and another 5% to the girl because it was held at her house. Totally fine with me. I know the girl is saving for a special event next year and this babysitting camp was a big part of that. (My daughter is participating in the special event too, but I am not requiring her to pay for any of it. That's beside the point but it might shed some light on the later situation.)
DD15 finally got her money today and it's almost $100 short from what she and I were expecting. In the car her friend said they had divided the money and then deducted for supplies, because it was her house "and because I got most of the people to come". I know the girls spent way more then they had budgeted for supplies - I gave the other mom $100 earlier in the summer and told her that I would rather have DD15 earn the amount she was expecting and to let me know if the $100 didn't cover the overage. In other words, I made an effort to square up the overage - which, by the way, the other mother should have controlled. She was the adult present and she could easily have said, "No, we aren't ordering pizza and paying for it as a treat on the last day", etc. She was the one who let them go over.
So now DD15 has less than she thought she had, and I feel a little like she got ripped off. It's not the kind of thing to make a stink over, but would you ask the other mom how they figured the money, or would you just let it go??
They decided to charge a set amount per camper, and then deduct 15% from the total to repay the mom for the supplies and another 5% to the girl because it was held at her house. Totally fine with me. I know the girl is saving for a special event next year and this babysitting camp was a big part of that. (My daughter is participating in the special event too, but I am not requiring her to pay for any of it. That's beside the point but it might shed some light on the later situation.)
DD15 finally got her money today and it's almost $100 short from what she and I were expecting. In the car her friend said they had divided the money and then deducted for supplies, because it was her house "and because I got most of the people to come". I know the girls spent way more then they had budgeted for supplies - I gave the other mom $100 earlier in the summer and told her that I would rather have DD15 earn the amount she was expecting and to let me know if the $100 didn't cover the overage. In other words, I made an effort to square up the overage - which, by the way, the other mother should have controlled. She was the adult present and she could easily have said, "No, we aren't ordering pizza and paying for it as a treat on the last day", etc. She was the one who let them go over.
So now DD15 has less than she thought she had, and I feel a little like she got ripped off. It's not the kind of thing to make a stink over, but would you ask the other mom how they figured the money, or would you just let it go??