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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way and I can’t believe how people are saying they would. They must not understand brain development. You might think your kid is “mature” for 6 (a ridiculous concept) and that you have done such a great job teaching them life skills, but there is going to be an element of unpredictability to their behavior and decision making simply due to their age. Especially if something unexpected happens to you or in the home while you’re gone. You aren’t teaching a 6 year old independence and life skills leaving them home alone. You’re making them feel unsafe whether they verbalize it or not.

There’s a reason it’s illegal. I can’t believe this has to be explained to some of you. Having kids isn’t always convenient. Did you not think about this type of thing when you decided to have multiple children? [/quote]

It is shocking to me that people are getting this dramatic about people leaving kids alone for 10-20 minutes. They’re alone that long if I’m mowing the lawn! I mean I would not drive a half hour away to go to the grocery store and leave a kid alone but my god, walking the dog? Picking up a sibling? Going to a nearby shop for a gallon of milk? Kids, when taught and believed in, are more competent and smart than anyone gives them credit for (asterisk for depends on the kid here)[/quote]

They are not alone if you are in your yard mowing the lawn!  Are you this dim?  If I get in the car and leave than they are alone!

My mil left my dh and his sister to pick up his eldest sister.  He was 3 years old and taking a nap.  Middle sister was 8.  She came home and five minutes later a police man showed up with my dh.  Seems he got out of bed and tried to find her.  Got all the way up to Nebraska avenue ( they lived in Spring Valley)  he could have been hit by a car.  Thank goodness he knew his address!  So my sil at age 8 would have felt terrible if her baby brother had died under her watch. ( my mil still feels guilty!)
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