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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 18yo says she can handle it, and that we shouldn’t hire someone. Activities for my 14yo would be over by then, so they’d just be hanging out at home. The kids are generally responsible, and know what to do in case of a emergency, OP.[/quote]

Literally everyone agreed (rare on DCUM) that you shouldn't do this. Yet here you are still making your case. 6 days is not a short trip, and it's also a long time to sit at home with no plans. [/quote]\

Agree; that 6 days of no plans might sound nice as she is in the thick of the end of year school and other stuff. But 6 days of being stuck at home is going to get old after a day or two. I also think it's setting up a weird sibling dynamic; youngest is either going to get ignored or be annoying to the older ones...or both.

I'd do it for a MUCH shorter time and have some of it being fun, memorable the siblings can do together. We have a 14/almost 16 yo and DH and I may consider going away for a night or two during the school year late next year when there is not much downtime AND we'd have plenty of backup to check on them. When we go out on a standard date/activity we often set it up so our kids want to be together and they claim they bicker less without us around, but no way would 6 days work.[/quote]

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