Ok to leave 10 and 12yo in hotel room?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 year olds babysit, walk dogs, mow lawns, etc. I think.they can handle hanging out for a couple hours.

Yes, they do this with the consent of the parents/owners in their own homes , not a hotel in a different state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

People here never cease to amaze me. Drinks at the bar and theme park trips are reasons to leave your kids in a hotel room. And you cannot guarantee the bolded.

[Anonymous]

What's the point of bringing them if you're just going to make them do school? Just leave them at home with dad and take your favorite on the trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I recall my family took a trip to Vegas when I was 5 or 6 and I got left in the room so my parents could go down to the casino for a bit... I wouldn't recommend that but I think an 10 and 12 yo would be fine.

Yes I recall being left alone in hotel rooms at age 6 and 7 when my parents were at an academic conference. While that seems a little young, ages 10 and 12 are totally fine. Especially 12. Of course it also depends on what your kids are like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

People here never cease to amaze me. Drinks at the bar and theme park trips are reasons to leave your kids in a hotel room. And you cannot guarantee the bolded.

You can never guarantee this even when leaving kids alone in your own home. You can also never guarantee that you won't die in a car accident anytime you get into your car.
I'd still say there is a 99.9999% chance that the kids will be just fine.

[Anonymous]

Depends on maturity level.

My 12-year-old? No.

My niece. Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

People here never cease to amaze me. Drinks at the bar and theme park trips are reasons to leave your kids in a hotel room. And you cannot guarantee the bolded.

You can never guarantee this even when leaving kids alone in your own home. You can also never guarantee that you won't die in a car accident anytime you get into your car.
I'd still say there is a 99.9999% chance that the kids will be just fine.

But it's in your own home and your own car versus a hotel. What do you people not understand about this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

Same. This is absolutely bizarre. They are in a safe space, there is a front desk to help if anything goes terribly wrong (like what?), there are protocols already there for things like fires, they have a means to contact you, they are old enough to know things like not to open the door to strangers. I guess some people here would think it's crazy and dangerous that I let my 9yo go to the playground and grocery store a few blocks away on his own!

What amazes me is people using their own childhood neglect and their parent's poor decisions to justify making more decisions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you not considered that the 10 and 12yo would reasonably be annoyed that they still have DL while younger sibling not only doesn't have school, but they and you will gallivant off to do whatever else?

I homeschooled 3 this year: 4th and twin kindergarten. There was a vast difference in the time the older child NEEDED to complete their schoolwork vs the younger two. However, I also understood that it was better to have the twins do some fun educational games that the 4th grader would perceive as school while the twins would appreciate as play time. Setting up the older kids like that seems to be begging for them to skip school to watch TV instead.

Ugh, no. Just no. Don't be the mom who raises her kids to believe that they all should be treated 100% equally. Especially with twins. Sometimes one kid gets to go to a sleepover and the others won't. That is life.

My son's best friend growing up was a twin. They were lucky enough to be in the same class for K-2 & 5 and he had the other twin in his class for 4th. Anyway, whenever my son wanted to have a playdate with his best friend, Twin A, Twin B also always had to be invited. This was at the mom's insistence to keep things fair. My son and Twin B got along fine, but were not best friends and honestly, didn't have the same interests.

When the twins were older Twin A was playing travel baseball on the same team as my son, we still had to take Twin B with us when we chaperoned out of town for a weekend tournament in order to be fair. Same with when we wanted Twin A to go to the beach with us.

This sistuation has nothing to do with your little example. You also don't know the ins and out of why their mother did what she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've left our 10 year old son and his best friend, a girl his age alone together in a hotel room for a few hours many times (our families vacation together every year), usually just when we go for a drink at the bar in the evening with her parents. We leave a do not disturb sign on the door, we leave a phone there so we can check in with them and we remind them they need to be be quiet so they don't disturb other guests. They usually just watch a movie together on my son's tablet before we get back. There's never been any problems, so I'm fine with it.

Parenting advice from an alcoholic ladies and gentlemen...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

People here never cease to amaze me. Drinks at the bar and theme park trips are reasons to leave your kids in a hotel room. And you cannot guarantee the bolded.

You can never guarantee this even when leaving kids alone in your own home. You can also never guarantee that you won't die in a car accident anytime you get into your car.
I'd still say there is a 99.9999% chance that the kids will be just fine.

But it's in your own home and your own car versus a hotel. What do you people not understand about this?

Okay, please explain it to me, because I obviously do not understand. As much as I would wish for it to be the case, my house does not have magical anti-disaster properties. My house could get struck by lightning just as easily as the hotel. I could get in a car accident going to the grocery store near my house or going to Hershey park.

[Anonymous]

Again, hotel is essential a bedroom. There is no kitchen, no oven, no knives, no fireplace. It’s much safer than your home. The place has been safety checked a million times over.

You pearl clutchers need to chill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

People here never cease to amaze me. Drinks at the bar and theme park trips are reasons to leave your kids in a hotel room. And you cannot guarantee the bolded.

You can never guarantee this even when leaving kids alone in your own home. You can also never guarantee that you won't die in a car accident anytime you get into your car.
I'd still say there is a 99.9999% chance that the kids will be just fine.

But it's in your own home and your own car versus a hotel. What do you people not understand about this?

Okay, please explain it to me, because I obviously do not understand. As much as I would wish for it to be the case, my house does not have magical anti-disaster properties. My house could get struck by lightning just as easily as the hotel. I could get in a car accident going to the grocery store near my house or going to Hershey park.

Because if your child had to escape their own home for some reason, they could likely go to a neighbor that they know for help. If they have to evacuate the hotel, they are in a huge crowd of strangers in the middle of downtown Philadelphia.
If OP could find a hotel where she was next door to the museum and could easily run back to the room, that's one thing. But I don't recall that being an option at the Please Touch Museum. I would be ok leaving a 10 and 12 yo together while I went down to the bar for a drink or even to attend sessions at a conference in the same hotel (not at 6 and 7, that's insane). But to be a mile or two away when they are in a strange city...no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, hotel is essential a bedroom. There is no kitchen, no oven, no knives, no fireplace. It’s much safer than your home. The place has been safety checked a million times over.

You pearl clutchers need to chill.

Agree. A hotel is safer than your house. It’s fine, OP. My kids would love to do school from a hotel instead of home and then get to do something fun and new in the afternoon. I mean, they’d prefer not to do school at all, but if they had to do school, a hotel would be seen as fun. Much better than staying home for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People on here never cease to amaze me. so many crazies.

Team they will be 100% fine left alone. Can't even believe this is a question.

Same. This is absolutely bizarre. They are in a safe space, there is a front desk to help if anything goes terribly wrong (like what?), there are protocols already there for things like fires, they have a means to contact you, they are old enough to know things like not to open the door to strangers. I guess some people here would think it's crazy and dangerous that I let my 9yo go to the playground and grocery store a few blocks away on his own!

What amazes me is people using their own childhood neglect and their parent's poor decisions to justify making more decisions.

Ok so a what age would you leave kids alone? I do not consider leaving a 10 and 12 yr old to be neglect.