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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 think the law is not clear on this, since OP will be still inside the building:

MD Family Law §5–801.

(a)    A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.

(b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.[/quote]

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