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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I leave my kids home alone all the time[/b] (youngest is now 8, but we started for very short times (less than 10 minutes) at 7. Anyway, I never leave the kids home with friends alone without knowing the kid myself really well, and running it by the parents. This is true of even my oldest who is a teenager. Kids together with friends are WAY less capable of making good decisions.

But…I know I might be an outlier it both leaving my kids home and not leaving friends home without supervision. So I wouldn’t expect another parent to have the same expectations. I think it would be good to have a conversation with this parent about how you were uncomfortable with it and then leave it be[/quote]

Why did you even have kids then?[/quote]

Gmab.  Different poster but this is why parenting has become miserable and kids helpless and insecure.  Most 8 year olds are fine with unsupervised time and in fact it’s very important for their development!  And yes, it’s legal.  Many of us roamed the neighborhood at that age (without cellphones!)It’s entirely appropriate.  I agree the host mom should have checked with mom first but this is a tempest in a teapot imo. [/quote]

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