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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the mom to mom answer (or parent to parent) is, I think, "You'll know when it feels right." At some point, you start to see you kid really more as a capable, almost adult versus as a defenseless child. If they are very ill, your gut won't let you leave of course. But if they often stay home alone, when healthy, and they aren't too sick, you will feel OK maybe leaving them home for a short half day (maybe one parent goes in a little later, and the other parent comes home a little earlier.) It just won't feel neglectful; in fact it'll feel a little silly staying home just to watch them hanging out watching TV. The actual age? I felt OK with kids home alone for a half day, around 6th grade/middle school. A whole day, by 9th grade. Not if they were really miserably sick, actively throwing up, or really bedridden with fever. But on the last day of the illness, recovering.[/quote]
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