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[quote=Anonymous]I think the older 2 for a couple of hours with a phone to reach you and maybe a text check-in halfway through the first few times. All 3 during the daytime for up to an hour. Within a year or so, as they've all gotten settled in to that skill, I would think all 3 for a couple of hours. DD wasn't comfortable being left alone or with older DS in the evenings after dark until an older age (13/14?), but we could easily do dinner from 6-8ish down the street and still be fine. I imagine your oldest might feel similarly so you might want to aim toward daylight hours. When it gets to be a longer period of time or you're adding tasks such as serving and cleaning up a meal, I would throw a couple of bucks her way as a thank you. Yes, it's part of being a family, but also nice to show a kid how to have a "job."[/quote]
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