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[quote=Anonymous]8 is the legal age in MD. I think we started leaving the older one home for 20 mins at a time when he was about 8.5. Gradually has increased - he is 10 now - so I would be comfortable doing it for about two hours or so, if I were relatively close by. More than that and I would not trust him to entertain himself without doing something he was told not to do. Or would not want to be more than 30 mins away if there were an emergency.

The younger one is 7 and she is nowhere near ready, she doesn't listen to things like "make sure you don't touch the stove." She touches it anyway if she thinks no one will see her. So, nope.

Older one is a rule follower and the rule when we are out is no turning on the oven, toaster, or microwave for any reason. We have a landline phone we never use just so in an emergency he can reach 911 or us. He is not allowed to open the door for anyone. And if there were, G-d forbid, a fire or other emergency, we have drilled in to him that he needs to leave the house. He can take the phone with him and call 911 from outside, but he needs to just get out. No finding his book, no finding the cats, just evacuate and go to the neighbor's house.[/quote]

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