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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basically never. [b]They are not allowed to do nothing for huge chunks of time. A day or two here or there? Sure.[/b] But for weeks on end? No.[/quote]

so at what age do you leave kids home without a sitter in the summer? [/quote]

Depends on the kid, not the season, but[b] they aren’t staying home all day,, multiple days in a row, ever. [/b][/quote]

so at 16 you still hire a sitter for kids?  I mean at some point "kids" are left home alone. when is that point?  Guidelines posted above suggest after age 13. [/quote]

No, but I don't leave them home alone ALL DAY for MULTIPLE DAYS IN A ROW. Can't you see that? I said it twice.[/quote]

I am not leaving town for the month, just going to work from 8-4.

So full-time working parent with a 16 yr old should hire a sitter so they aren't home alone from 8-4 during the summer?

Seriously question, at what age do kids not have a sitter in the summer? [/quote]

[b]16, when they can drive and have a full time job.[/b]

You want your kids watching Tv every afternoon for 3 hours a day all summer? Really?? Hire a full time sitter or put them in camps. At 14 or 15 they can be counselors in training. Even at 16, I certainly hope you wouldn’t just let your kid sit around all day.[/quote]

In VA (where OP lives) you have to be 15.5 to get your permit and then 9 months later you can get your license--so in VA you actually have to be 16.25.   OP mentioned her kid would be 13 soon--so I'm guessing he has a May or June birthday.   So in a few years, OP's kid won't be eligible for his license until the end of summer (August or September) and that's only IF he got his permit as soon as he turned 15.5.

And not every kid gets his own car.[/quote]

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