I know what you mean - I have been given a tremendous amount of free and friendly assistance over the years, and it's nice to "give back". I think the point for you, and maybe this is what you are trying to figure out, is when does it become too much. And if you are anything like me, you feel wierd asking people for money to do something that you love. But I think the others are right in saying that you provide an extremely valuable service. I think you are on the right track in considering charging for this before you get taken advantage of and feel bitter about it perhaps. My dh, for example, is a computer programmer and people continually assume that he will want to come over to their house and fix their little computer problems after work on his personal time. Well he does not want to do it and mostly just refuses except for family lol, but I would think that before you start feeling like he does, set it up so that you get some rewards too. You don't have to get rich off of it, but if you are a good teacher, by all means, you should be paid for that!

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