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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, some of you are intense. Anyway, OP, I agree with others that 12 is probably the bare minimum. But I think it would be highly kid-dependent and one of the things I'd want to be most sure of is that the kid felt comfortable with it. Some 12-yr-olds would be fine, and others would feel panicked (it depends a bit on personality, but also on how often they are left alone in general -- today there are many 12 year olds who have literally never been home alone for more than 15 minutes). I actually know that my kid would just feel left out, which would make me feel sad, so I wouldn't do it. But not because I don't think they'd be safe. In a few years when they are mid teens, they'll just come to the lounge with us and feel grown up and start to learn what that's like. But at 12 I think they'd be uncomfortable and feel a bit abandoned, so it's not time yet.[/quote]
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