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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I stayed by myself a lot growing up, at various ages with various arrangement. So often not completely alone. At the age you mention, it was arranged that I would spend overnights at a neighbors house. This was not something I had any say about. I did what I was told (which now, as a parent, is the way I think it should be.) It was not a house of friends of mine (no teens in the house) but they were nice-enough people. I had to be respectful and come-in by 8pm, leave in the morning for school/or whatever. I had a key to my own house and of course preferred to spend the time I could there. I declined the neighbor's offers for dinner. I had some fun my parents would not have approved of, at my own house, with them gone. Teens will enjoy their freedom whenever they get the chance - don't fool yourself. And "rules" don't matter. The arrangement that my parents made though, I think was responsible-enough and I'd be likely to handle the situation the same. Btw, my parents needed to travel. It was not for frivolous reasons. I was use to them being gone for several weeks spread throughout the year.[/quote]

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