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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in a similar position, here: coming from another country (Europe) where kids until 18 have the possibility (no obligation) to stay at their "secondary school" until 6.30pm to do (unsupervised) homeworks or other (paid) activities, it's strange for me to leave my 10 years-old DS alone at home from 3pm until 6pm. I trust him, he'll probably do just fine: a few times homeworks will not be done and he'll remember the pain to finish them at night ...

But 1) I don't trust the internet. How do you know what your DD/DS sees when you are not there? I don't mean to control what he sees, I just want a sure way to block unwanted content (porn, violence, sometimes just daily news) that he/she may not actively look for but pops up in ads, etc.?

And 2) I'm more worried about things that could happen when he's alone at home: fire, burglar, something falling, accident, injury, ... Do you ask your DD/DS to carry their phone at all times, fully charged? (you will tell me you are actually trying to *disconnect* them from their phone! ;-) :-D) The probability is very low. But once is enough to have regrets ...

Thanks for any thoughts on this too :-)[/quote]

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