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[quote=Anonymous]I see myself as a pretty relaxed parent. I was surprised at the PPs in the thread about the 9 yr olds being left alone at a sleepover.

My daughter just finished second grade, so she is 8. The people in the thread talked about how 9 is 5th grade ...no it's not! At least not typically. 3rd graders turn 9.

I haven't dropped her off for a playdate before, I'm always invited to stay and when I ask what she wants, DD asks me to stay and hang out with the other mom. I can't imagine trusting someone to watch her and then coming back to her not being cared for or supervised.

Anyways, I noticed in the thread that many moms said they left their 8/9 year olds  home alone frequently for errands. That seemed crazy to me. What if you get in a car accident? So many things could go wrong. I live across the street, a 2 minute walk, from Walmart, target, restaurants etc and have never walked over there without my children. Now I'm thinking I am being too careful? If they are sleeping, I doordash food from across the street, rather than leaving them.

Is it possibly the older and therefore maybe more old-school parents who are doing this? I am 30, and none of my friends my age who are mothers would consider leaving children home alone before being teens. I started babysitting at 12, but the world is very different, and also I still remember all the things I did wrong as a babysitter at that age. And maybe the older parents have more money, so they tend to be in safer areas, compared to my questionable neighborhood?

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