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

[Anonymous]

But why? Why are you on what is presumably a family vacation and leaving your kids in a hotel room so you can go downstairs to have a drink? Do you really need to separate from your kids so badly? I have super high energy kids, if we're on vacation, no way are they going to be satisfied sitting in the hotel room staring at a tv or reading a book (which they do all the time at home) while we drink downstairs. They want to be out doing stuff with us. Or we would all be so exhausted from whatever we've done that day that we're just going to sleep. Different spin on this, if you feel the need for some separation, get an airbnb/rental house etc. not a hotel room.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

If parenting means letting kids be independent, then there would be no such thing as parenting. It would be obsolete which you are familiar with.

So you are never going to let your kids be independent?

[Anonymous]

At what age can a person stay in a hotel room alone for a few hours? That is the question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

If parenting means letting kids be independent, then there would be no such thing as parenting. It would be obsolete which you are familiar with.

Bullcrap.

Parenting means getting your kid ready for life. Today's hyper parenting trends robs kids of life experiences and mastery.

Kids are afraid because they lack success of handling themselves on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But why? Why are you on what is presumably a family vacation and leaving your kids in a hotel room so you can go downstairs to have a drink? Do you really need to separate from your kids so badly? I have super high energy kids, if we're on vacation, no way are they going to be satisfied sitting in the hotel room staring at a tv or reading a book (which they do all the time at home) while we drink downstairs. They want to be out doing stuff with us. Or we would all be so exhausted from whatever we've done that day that we're just going to sleep. Different spin on this, if you feel the need for some separation, get an airbnb/rental house etc. not a hotel room.

Exactly. I get the desire for some grown up time, not being locked in what’s
essentially a studio apartment (hotel room) with your kids. But plan ahead for lots of togetherness or using a non hotel accommodation. If your child is younger would you use a hotel sitter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

If parenting means letting kids be independent, then there would be no such thing as parenting. It would be obsolete which you are familiar with.

So you are never going to let your kids be independent?

Of course moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But why? Why are you on what is presumably a family vacation and leaving your kids in a hotel room so you can go downstairs to have a drink? Do you really need to separate from your kids so badly? I have super high energy kids, if we're on vacation, no way are they going to be satisfied sitting in the hotel room staring at a tv or reading a book (which they do all the time at home) while we drink downstairs. They want to be out doing stuff with us. Or we would all be so exhausted from whatever we've done that day that we're just going to sleep. Different spin on this, if you feel the need for some separation, get an airbnb/rental house etc. not a hotel room.

Exactly. I get the desire for some grown up time, not being locked in what’s
essentially a studio apartment (hotel room) with your kids. But plan ahead for lots of togetherness or using a non hotel accommodation. If your child is younger would you use a hotel sitter?

You can only get alone time when you are “essentially locked up in a studio apartment with your kids?”

[Anonymous]

We bring our Ring Stick camera and do this. Our phone is set to notify us of any motion or sounds. Super easy to keep tabs and check on them while they sleep. What else are we going to do for 3-4 hours when our kid goes to bed at 6pm when we are on the West Coast?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why kids today are so dysfunctional. Their looney tunes overprotective parents.

They are dysfunctional because of looney parents who don’t want to parent.

Parenting means letting your kids be independent.


Something today's mommies are terrible at.

If parenting means letting kids be independent, then there would be no such thing as parenting. It would be obsolete which you are familiar with.

Bullcrap.

Parenting means getting your kid ready for life. Today's hyper parenting trends robs kids of life experiences and mastery.

Kids are afraid because they lack success of handling themselves on their own.

It does mean getting them ready for life. Leaving them in a hotel room alone is not the avenue to preparing them for that.
By the way, you inadvertently agreed with me. Being independent as first post said is not the same as getting them to become independent for later life as you stated. Glad you agree with me.

[Anonymous]

No, if the child is little, they may have a freak out if they wake up in a strange place. If they are older they, may leave the room and go looking for you. Just get a suite and have drinks in the living room area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We bring our Ring Stick camera and do this. Our phone is set to notify us of any motion or sounds. Super easy to keep tabs and check on them while they sleep. What else are we going to do for 3-4 hours when our kid goes to bed at 6pm when we are on the West Coast?

Oh, I don’t know. Read a book, have a drink in the room, be a parent. I know, hard to fill in those hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At what age can a person stay in a hotel room alone for a few hours? That is the question.

There are age requirements in many states that a child must be supervised. Maryland is age 13.

[Anonymous]

Unless OP is a raging alcoholic, they can stay in room or have drink brought up.

[Anonymous]

Something tells me that OP is probably ready for AA and not the Parent of the Year award. How could you even ask this OP?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We bring our Ring Stick camera and do this. Our phone is set to notify us of any motion or sounds. Super easy to keep tabs and check on them while they sleep. What else are we going to do for 3-4 hours when our kid goes to bed at 6pm when we are on the West Coast?

Oh, I don’t know. Read a book, have a drink in the room, be a parent. I know, hard to fill in those hours.

The room needs to be pitch black for most kids to sleep, including ours. We can’t watch TV or read a book, he will be up all night.

Do parents really just sit in the room all night in the dark when kids go to bed early? Seems like lunacy, imho.