Will you have the option to have them on one or the other shifts? Usually people can find family and friends to do the overnight time for free.. it's the day shift so that they can sleep time that's the hard part to get cheap. It's common for these guys to ask for you to do both "since they are just sleeping" on part of it. You can get into a deal where you are just being paid for the day time and not the night.

My State won't pay for sleep time so the only thing the State paid parents can get on the night shift is the night shift. The parents end up negotiating a deal where the kid is kept until noon or something so they can go sleep. Problem with that is that they are often late coming to get them. You can get inot a deal where they are supposed to be gone and there's no answer on the phone when you start calling. Once you have the kids in the house it's very easy for the parent to just ignore your calls and use the excuse that their phone wasn't working.

If you do both shifts then CHARGE for both shifts.

If you do just the nights it I would insist the kids are picked up right after she gets off of work. Don't broker any extra hours for free just because they are sleeping at night.

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