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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]

I can't believe how dense you are. My kids are not allowed to stay home all day, all summer. They need to be doing something. Camp, work, summer school, some combo of the three. A full-time working parent with a 16 year old should have pushed that kid to get a job by the time they were 14. [/quote]

and I can't believe what an rude *ss you are your reading comprehension also blows.

My kids don't' sit around 8 hours a day. I have said multiple time that they have swim practice in the morning. they are usually out of the house at the pool from 8:15-noon.

When the older one is old enough he will volunteer with swim team and eventually lifeguard and work at the pool, but that is a few years away and even then kids aren't usually working 40 hr a week and some of those hours are in the evening which still leave then alone part of the day. By your logic s 16 yr old can be trusted to be a camp counselor but can't be trusted dot be home alone for more than a few hours. I really hope I raise kids I can trust more than that. [/quote]

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