Age to leave child alone sleeping in hotel room to go downstairs?

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Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

Not my kid’s trips. Always a chaperone with them.

I’m the room? Grossssss

I agree and I also would not leave my child alone in a hotel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

No, they sleep alone in their room at home for many years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

Absolutely ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

There’s NO danger? You have deluded yourself. There are a million scenarios where things will most likely be fine but not always.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I left our sleeping teen/tween (13 and 10) in the hotel room while we were on vacation last week so we could get a late night work out in in the fitness center a floor up. Never even occurred to me that this would be a problem. What exactly do y'all think is at risk of happening? Our 13 year old will go to NYC in June for an 8th grade class trip and they stay in hotel rooms without chaperones in the room. If she can handle a whole three nights with three other 13/14 year olds, I think she can handle a few hours?!

Her kid is not an 8th grader. She said she would put her kid to sleep. Do you put your 13 y/o to sleep? No. OP’s child is way younger. Your kids are fine.

Okay but literally what are you afraid is going to happen

I didn’t say I was afraid of anything. But I have been in a hotel, asleep, and the fire alarms went off in the middle of the night. My kids slept through it. We had to wake them and carry them down the stairwell. I’m not saying this is common or likely to happen. But it would be pretty horrific if I were down in the lobby, could not ride elevator up to get child, child possibly sleeping through alarms/phone calls, feeling helpless.

How old was your kid? I’ve had the same thing happen twice and my kids woke up both times. They were 3 & 6 the first time and 3, 5 and 8 the second. (First time we left the baby home with grandma).

About those ages, I think 4 and 6.

[Anonymous]

Holy S this is a ridiculous thread.

[Anonymous]

12 and up
With a phone

[Anonymous]

We did 8/9 for coffee, they are cautious and avoid trouble. 10 with a phone for a dinner or evening drink in same hotel with a couple of check in calls.

[Anonymous]

Just came here to write never. What is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

Absolutely ridiculous.

Eh I know someone who died this exact way and agree. They might have lived if they had been discovered sooner (concussion).

It’s not like you don’t shower, you just time it for when someone is around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

Absolutely ridiculous.

Eh I know someone who died this exact way and agree. They might have lived if they had been discovered sooner (concussion).

It’s not like you don’t shower, you just time it for when someone is around.

You can’t be serious. Do you also not eat if no one’s around in case you choke?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

Absolutely ridiculous.

Eh I know someone who died this exact way and agree. They might have lived if they had been discovered sooner (concussion).

It’s not like you don’t shower, you just time it for when someone is around.

You can’t be serious. Do you also not eat if no one’s around in case you choke?

Yes! I know someone who died of choking too. I’d eat if I had to eat alone, but if I knew someone would be home in an hour? I’d wait.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a ridiculous and irresponsible. What the hell are you thinking as a parent?

Calm down. Nobody said that they were considering this with a toddler. 12 seems perfectly fine to me if the kid is responsible and knows how to put the deadbolt on the door, has a phone, can call you or the front desk, etc.

Don’t tell me to calm down. This is not at their home, this is at a hotel with people who have access to rooms you irresponsible prick.

Well my kid went on overnight field trip in fifth grade and there wasn’t an adult in the room.

Your anecdotal story makes it okay?

It IS okay. Schools and youth sports and other organizations have kids stay in hotel rooms without adult chaperones. Choir, band, basketball, school DC trip, school Europe trip…I can’t even count how many trips I went on before I graduated high school like this. There’s no danger and there’s nothing wrong with it.

No, it is not ok.

So the first time your kid will be sleeping in a room without an adult chaperone will be at college?

Someone once posted here that her 13YO wasn’t allowed to shower unless a parent was home. DC could slip in the shower and be hurt!

Absolutely ridiculous.

Eh I know someone who died this exact way and agree. They might have lived if they had been discovered sooner (concussion).

It’s not like you don’t shower, you just time it for when someone is around.

You can’t be serious. Do you also not eat if no one’s around in case you choke?

Yes! I know someone who died of choking too. I’d eat if I had to eat alone, but if I knew someone would be home in an hour? I’d wait.

I’m so sorry you have such severe anxiety 😟

[Anonymous]

Good luck if their is a fire and you are in lounge and child alone in room