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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't do it for kids with such a small age difference. As PPs said, it's just a recipe for resentment. If the younger one was under 8, it would be different.[/quote] +1 I just had this discussion w/ DH last week. We've already been letting our 10 and 11 yr olds stay home alone for an hour or two during the day while we do errands or go to an appt but for the first time we left them home alone in the evening while we went out to dinner (about 2 hrs). In the past we'd have paid a neighbor's teen to watch them but that didn't seem necessary. He thought maybe we should pay the older one (no way IMO with such a small age difference) and we discussed just splitting it between them but I didn't want to get them used to the idea that they get paid to stay home and be responsible. At what point would we stop paying them?? It's enough that they get our trust, a pizza, and an evening to watch TV without their nagging parents :)[/quote]
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