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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's fine as long as both your kids NEVER tell anyone that they are spending the night alone. Not their friends, not their teachers, not their coaches or teammates.

If they can keep it to themselves then it is fine. My grandmother had a baby and lived by herself at 16 while her husband worked the night shift. [/quote]

I think this is going to be nearly impossible to do and probably an unfair secret to expect a 16 year old to keep.  I think it will come out in an innocuous way like she says she has to get home from X activity because mom goes to work and she has to watch her sister or she's talking with one of her friends and she mentions what a pain watching her little sister is.  [/quote]

It isn't impossible, it just needs to be done for safety. You don't want anyone knowing they are alone because a friend tells a friend who thinks it is Ok to go over late at night and hang out because there are no parents, or a teammate tells someone who then thinks it will be easy to break in and attack two girls. Or a teacher calls CPS, etc. [/quote]

PP here and I agree with what you're saying but I'm saying as a practical matter I think this will come out one way or another even if unintentional.  It's not just the teenager that needs to keep it a secret it's the 12 year old too.[/quote]

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