Anonymous
07/03/2013 22:04
Subject: Re:How old to leave a child home alone for 10-30 minutes
That's illegal. That mom could be accused of child neglect for that. You cannot leave a child under the age of 8 alone with a child under the age of 13 in Maryland. You never know what crazy loony tunes will call CPS. I wouldn't go around advertising that.
It's not illegal in Virginia.
Anonymous
07/03/2013 08:00
Subject: How old to leave a child home alone for 10-30 minutes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:14:11 WOW! Your kid was a 4 year old kindergartner?
She's so smart!
I was a 4 year old kindergartener....what's the big deal about that?
In this area (VA and MD) they no longer allow 4 year olds to start kindergarten in public school, except under very rare specific situations.
So being a 4 year old kindergartner is a novelty, and not the average.
What are you talking about? I live in VA and my kid is starting kindergarten at age 4, turning 5 after the school year begins. I am not a "very rare specific" exception.
You'd be rare in MCPS. isn't your child going to be at least a year younger than a lot of kids in her class?
Not all states are Maryland. The cutoff in Virginia is September 30.
Anonymous
07/02/2013 22:43
Subject: How old to leave a child home alone for 10-30 minutes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:14:11 WOW! Your kid was a 4 year old kindergartner?
She's so smart!
I was a 4 year old kindergartener....what's the big deal about that?
In this area (VA and MD) they no longer allow 4 year olds to start kindergarten in public school, except under very rare specific situations.
So being a 4 year old kindergartner is a novelty, and not the average.
What are you talking about? I live in VA and my kid is starting kindergarten at age 4, turning 5 after the school year begins. I am not a "very rare specific" exception.
You'd be rare in MCPS. isn't your child going to be at least a year younger than a lot of kids in her class?
Anonymous
07/02/2013 22:40
Subject: How old to leave a child home alone for 10-30 minutes
Anonymous wrote:I was once meeting with someone and they casually mentioned after about an hour that their children (4, 8) were home alone watching television. You know...just a few blocks away.
Ahh!
That's illegal. That mom could be accused of child neglect for that. You cannot leave a child under the age of 8 alone with a child under the age of 13 in Maryland. You never know what crazy loony tunes will call CPS. I wouldn't go around advertising that.