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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have to ask this question, you should not be a parent.  No, you shouldn't be selfish, leave the room for an hour with young kids. What if there is a fire or something else?  11 year old should not be responsible for two younger kids.  Wow, just wow.[/quote]

What on earth!?!  An 11 year old can certainly be responsible for younger siblings in a locked, safe environment for an hour, with a phone, assuming all of the children are healthy and there are no major behavioral issues.  What kind of crazy helicopters world do you live in to pronounce this insane indictment against older siblings watching younger ones?

Yes, hotel fires happen, on extraordinarily rare occasions.  The chances of that are essentially nil but I’d review the hotel evacuation map beforehand and make sure that we could text each other and that the 11 year old knew how to use the room phone to call the front desk as well.  But yeah, my 4 year old at the time wouldbhave beennperfrctlybhappy to watch hotel TV for an hour being watched by an 11 year old relative.

The overprotectiveness among some parents is really astounding and worrisome.  How will these little people have any sense of competence and self-reliance without safe opportunities to demonstrate responsibility?[/quote]

Blah blah blah. It’s illegal.[/quote]

I babysat 4 year olds at age 11. I'll admit I don't know all of the state laws at this time, but if that truly is illegal I find that disturbing. What a terrible example of catering to the lowest common denominator.

If it was my family I would definitely leave the 4 year old alone with older sibling while I was in the same building. Wouldn't concern me at all![/quote]

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