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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t know if you’ll only be gone for 10-30 min. [b]What if you get in a wreck?[/b] What if there is an emergency at home? We don’t have a landline (many people don’t now), and a 6 yo doesn’t have a cell phone. They’d have no way to even contact you or 911. Plus a 6 yo is not equipped to deal with an emergency, no matter how mature they seem. Just take the kid with you. Why not?[/quote]

What is the alternative here? Having your child in the car with you while you are in the wreck? [/quote]

Yes.  You take your child with you at 6, when you leave your house.  How is this even a discussion?[/quote]

I think PP’s point is that the “proper” course of action (taking your 6-7 year old with you) is statistically more dangerous. Like from a purely statistical standpoint, your 6-7 year old is actually safer staying at home than accompanying you in the car for 20 minutes. The risk of the child being seriously injured in a car accident is much higher than the risk of them dying in a house fire / killed by an intruder / strangled by some blinds.

Obviously we don’t live our lives based on statistics but it is interesting to think that you are actually putting the kid “at greater risk” by taking them with you. [/quote]

Oh lordie, it’s not just about physical risk!!!

It’s psychologically and emotionally damaging to leave such a young child alone or worse responsible for even younger siblings.

Go back and reread some of the comments on here about how scared the one adult posters were to be left alone! How they didn’t say anything!

Notice how the very first comment to the runner mom said that her 4 year old would probably been fine, but that her six year old was probably scarred from her jogs. So what did runner mom do to alleviate her nonexistent guilt (ie confirm her extreme selfishness is acceptable)? She asked the 4 year old, not the 6 year old left in charge about it. Runner mom even went on to lecture the PPs about how she’s sorry they were afraid, but her kids weren’t.

I cannot believe how so many mothers don’t appreciate or factor in the emotional or psychological damages that their actions might cause. That’s just sad.[/quote]

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