Leaving tween/teen home over summer

[Anonymous]

A teenager - yes. And hopefully would have a job. Tween? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A teenager - yes. And hopefully would have a job. Tween? No.

Both are fine, they should both be more than capable of not burning the house down and entertaining themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A phone, not a smart phone, but a dumb phone would be good in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A dumb phone is good enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A phone, not a smart phone, but a dumb phone would be good in this situation.

Maybe a good old fashioned land line would work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A phone, not a smart phone, but a dumb phone would be good in this situation.

Maybe a good old fashioned land line would work.

You're right, not debating that at all. But, ppl seem to be scoffing at that idea, so I suggested a dumb phone.

[Anonymous]

No way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A phone, not a smart phone, but a dumb phone would be good in this situation.

Maybe a good old fashioned land line would work.

You're right, not debating that at all. But, ppl seem to be scoffing at that idea, so I suggested a dumb phone.

It worked for all of us....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course a kid needs a phone if they are alone all day. Come on.

But OP, if you are talking about one kid without a way to go anywhere, this sounds awful. Who (of any age) wants to be trapped home alone for 10+ hours a day for weeks? If they can see friends, ride a bike somewhere safe, or have a teen sibling, okay. But alone sounds awful.

A phone, not a smart phone, but a dumb phone would be good in this situation.

Maybe a good old fashioned land line would work.

You're right, not debating that at all. But, ppl seem to be scoffing at that idea, so I suggested a dumb phone.

It worked for all of us....

Yes, i know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is how I grew up. We've told our kids that they can walk to swim practice and spend the day at the pool and either walk home when they're done, or we'll pick them up after work. At least they have the pool

Yes, those were the good old days. Now tweens/teens that are home alone over the summers spend 7+ hours per day staring at their phones. They do not spend it roaming the neighborhood, watching TV, and picking up new hobbies. Some parents are fine with the hours upon hours of staring at phones. But, as a high school teacher, I think it is not good for our teens, to say the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how I grew up. We've told our kids that they can walk to swim practice and spend the day at the pool and either walk home when they're done, or we'll pick them up after work. At least they have the pool

Yes, those were the good old days. Now tweens/teens that are home alone over the summers spend 7+ hours per day staring at their phones. They do not spend it roaming the neighborhood, watching TV, and picking up new hobbies. Some parents are fine with the hours upon hours of staring at phones. But, as a high school teacher, I think it is not good for our teens, to say the least.

It's such a shame that kids no longer have the motivation to get off screens on their own.