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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we were parents of one of the other girls and we found out you did this, we probably would report you to law enforcement or CPS.  My husband and I would be very angry with you.  It is one thing for you to do this to your kid (it is wrong but it is your choice to make); it is entirely another thing to do it to someone else's kid.[/quote]

On what grounds?  CPS wouldn't care.  16 year olds are allowed to be left alone; they are even allowed to be the responsible person watching younger kids.  And as for the cops, violating hotel rules isn't  criminal offense and this is hardly kidnapping.[/quote]

No hotel policy would allow for minor children to be left alone in a hotel room like that.  Sorry.

If the hotel deactivates the room key and will not reactivate it until the ADULT who actually rented the room shows up....that'll be a problem for those kids.  Even if another parent drives there in the middle of the night to get their kid they probably won't be able to get their kid's stuff out of the room.  They'll have to wait around for the "host parent" to finally show up and by that point I would imagine that the kids and the other parents will be furious at the host parent for being such a careless jackazz and putting them all in that situation.

This night 'o fun could so easily turn nightmarish.  Suppose the kids "only" wind up getting drunk and shacking up with guys they met at a party? So much could go wrong there, too.

This is a hard no, Op.  They'll be college age before you know it, don't rush it.  Let them enjoy being 16.[/quote]

Nothing you said remotely answers my question.  The PP I was responding to (maybe you, maybe someone else) said she would call CPS or the cops.  I asked on what grounds and pointed out that violating hotel policies isn't illegal or something CPS would address.

You post about hotel policies and potential negative outcomes from letting kids do this is an entirely different issue.[/quote]

Contributing to the delinquency of minors might indeed matter to CPS and the police, Op.[/quote]

I am not OP, and probably wouldn't do what OP is contemplating.  But letting kids stay alone in a hotel room is not contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

As I pointed out in my first post, 16 year old kids are allowed to be alone.  They are allowed to babysit and watch other, younger kids.  Most would not bat an eye at two kids that age being left alone in a house.  Being in a hotel room changes nothing.  That the kids might do something problematic - boys, booze, etc - doesn't change anything because that could just as easily happen at a house.  Assuming the mother is not giving the kids the booze or setting up her daughter with much older men (and that assume we are in a place where 16 yr olds aren't at the age of consent), there is no basis for the cops or CPS to get involved.[/quote]

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