Well, I recall my family took a trip to Vegas when I was 5 or 6 and I got left in the room so my parents could go down to the casino for a bit... I wouldn't recommend that but I think an 10 and 12 yo would be fine.

This is fine in my book. Put the do not disturb sign on the door and make sure they know they cannot leave the room to go to the pool.

My kids travelled a ton with me when they were younger and before they entered high school where it was too difficult to make up work. They would always hang out in the room while I was at a meeting and then we would do something fun after. There were zero issues and no, a hotel will not kick you out. That's the craziest thing I've ever heard.

Youngest I left mine alone was a 9 year old for 2 hours. She watched TV and played with her tablet.

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Anonymous wrote:The location I am planning is Pennsylvania. It is last minute and it may be Philadelphia, Hershey or Lancaster.

Other option is to leave kids home. DH would be home by 4 each day.

Why not just wait a couple weeks when school will be out and you can enjoy the road trip with ALL of your kids, and not just "the little one." I think it would be awful to be dragged away from home to sit and do virtual school in a hotel room while my parent took my younger sibling out to do all the fun stuff.

Our summer is very full. I was thinking Hershey with all 3 kids and maybe take little one to the please touch museum.

My older kids have been to these places often when they were younger but our third child has never been.

Just take your third child on the trip and leave the older two at home to do their school work. On another day, go to Hersey park with all 3. Those two destinations are far enough apart that there is no reason to combine them into the same trip.

Anonymous wrote:Just have them skip school

I'm a teacher and I think this is a better idea than leaving them in a hotel room alone.

Sheesh yes of course. That’s plenty old.

Just have them skip school

Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

+1

Sure, if they’re responsible kids and you’re discreet about it, for their own safety. Place a Do Not Disturb sign on the door.

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Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

Can you not read?

OP said they may stay in Philly or Hershey or Lancaster.

I sure can but obviously you can not. The OP specifically said "I was thinking Hershey with all 3 kids and maybe take little one to the please touch museum"

yes, but she did not say where she was staying. You just jumped to conclusions.

Yeah, she's probably planning to stay in Pittsuburgh

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Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

Can you not read?

OP said they may stay in Philly or Hershey or Lancaster.

I sure can but obviously you can not. The OP specifically said "I was thinking Hershey with all 3 kids and maybe take little one to the please touch museum"

yes, but she did not say where she was staying. You just jumped to conclusions.

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Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

L O L. I'm trying to interpret this post. Did you think people don't understand the passage of time and what a few hours is so you decided to come up with a car trip between two random cities?? "Binge watching four episodes of Falcon and Winter Soldier alone would be "a few hours!" Ya don't say!

They are not "random cities." They are the specific cities OP said.

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Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

Can you not read?

OP said they may stay in Philly or Hershey or Lancaster.

I sure can but obviously you can not. The OP specifically said "I was thinking Hershey with all 3 kids and maybe take little one to the please touch museum"

I would come up with a plan for emergencies. If the fire alarm would go off at home there would be neighbors nearby that they know presumably. However, at a hotel they don’t know anyone so come up with a plan just in case.

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Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

Can you not read?

OP said they may stay in Philly or Hershey or Lancaster.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just cannot even with all these pearl-clutching DCUMers. As the college prof said, these are the ones who send young adults to college at 18 who are utterly incapable of handling anything independently because their parents have grossly oversmothered them and stunted their growth. THAT is bad parenting. OP, you know your kids. If you are confident they're capable being alone together in a hotel room for a few hours, of course it's fine at those ages.

From Hershey to Philadelphia and back--that journey alone would be "a few hours"--even if they didn't spend a single minute in the museum!
My kids are older and in college. They are not "oversmothered" or stunted in their growth and handle things independently.

L O L. I'm trying to interpret this post. Did you think people don't understand the passage of time and what a few hours is so you decided to come up with a car trip between two random cities?? "Binge watching four episodes of Falcon and Winter Soldier alone would be "a few hours!" Ya don't say!