How old to not need after school care?

[Anonymous]

My 10 YO walks home from school around 4. My 8YO gets off the bus and walks two blocks and gets home around 5. I get home at 5:30. Working out great so far.

[Anonymous]

My middle schooler has been staying home alone after school since he was 10. Same with my daughter,

[Anonymous]

I paid for extended day in fifth, but he hung out with his friends at their houses intend of going.

No extended day in middle school for us, but I did shift my hours to get home early. After sixth grade, no one uses check-in.

[Anonymous]

OP, my daughter started coming home on her own at 5th grade/age 10, but it was only for an hour.

This year she's in 6th grade and her older brother is in 9th grade. They come home alone around 4:45 to 5:15 once a week, and my husband and I don't get home until more like 7 that one day. So that's three hours more or less on their own but they do have each other. And, I'm not wild about it. But it is OK.

I think 3 hours alone, every day, is a bit much to expect at middle school. Yes, some kids do after school clubs, etc, or parents manage to stagger schedules so someone can be home a little earlier.