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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least two of us have posted about how our parents left us home for 10-15 minutes while they took siblings to some activity or another and we've been completely ignored. Both I and the other PP posted about how scared we were, and she said she never told her mom how scared she was and I didn't either. My mom would say "I'm dropping X off for practice and will be back in 10 minutes. Stand here by the door and wait for me." and I remember standing by the door scared to death that someone would come knock on the door and I wouldn't know what to do, or the phone would ring and I would have to answer it, but I was too young to be able to express this fear to my mother. I can't imagine putting my 7 year old in that situation.

Shame on you all for thinking about "oh no, there wouldn't be an emergency" or "Oh but Larla is so independent she would be fine" and not actually really thinking about your children's feelings. [/quote]

I'm the PP who mentioned the accidents with blinds and a window. I have a single memory of being left alone while young. I was about 5 years old, and my mom had me lie down on the couch and watch Snow white. It was kind of a surprise, because she had never let me do this kind of thing. She said to stay there, and she was going to go to the library and come back really quick. I have very vivid memories of that Snow White movie! I'm sure she was gone longer than 20 minutes. But I was a little bit confused, and like other posters mentioned, I didn't have ways to express my feelings. Kids at this age will just say okay, and not know how to express their discomfort confusion etc. I would never put any of my children in that same place.[/quote]

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