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[quote=Anonymous]I'm mid 40s, so maybe an older parent? I have three- and have been leaving my youngest for 10 minutes at a time from about 8. He's now almost 9, and has shown me he is ok to be home longer. He has an ipad to contact us, as well as a home phone. He also knows many of our local neighbors and we have talked a lot about where to go if he can't reach us. Honestly, giving him the responsibility to do the right thing and show him that we trust him is really important to me. The only time I've been uncomfy was leaving him home with his 11 year old sibling when the power was out. It was necessary, but made me nervous. I left them an extra cell phone we had so they were able to call us. We also have a very safe neighborhood, and really do know more than half our neighbors.[/quote]
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