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At what age can you trust them at home alone?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 327038" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I am on kid #5 who is 13. I swear, if I had needed to in an emergency, I could have left her alone at age eight and she wouldn't have opened the door to strangers and would have watched telly and nothing would have happened that was bad. She is capable of staying home all day and I can trust her.</p><p></p><p>My sixteen year old son with Aspergers is very diligent and I *have* let him stay home all day when his sister is at long, day-long basketball tournaments, which he would not do well sitting through. He is great a home, calling me several times a day, even cleaning the house if I ask him to.</p><p></p><p>Then we have my daughter who took drugs. When she was taking drugs, I couldn't leave her alone at eighteen. The one time I tried to let her stay alone overnight as we went to a hotel close by, we came home early to a drug party. That was the last time she ever stayed alone in the house AT ALL. </p><p></p><p>My point, I guess, is that it has nothing to do with age. It has to do with the kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 327038, member: 1550"] I am on kid #5 who is 13. I swear, if I had needed to in an emergency, I could have left her alone at age eight and she wouldn't have opened the door to strangers and would have watched telly and nothing would have happened that was bad. She is capable of staying home all day and I can trust her. My sixteen year old son with Aspergers is very diligent and I *have* let him stay home all day when his sister is at long, day-long basketball tournaments, which he would not do well sitting through. He is great a home, calling me several times a day, even cleaning the house if I ask him to. Then we have my daughter who took drugs. When she was taking drugs, I couldn't leave her alone at eighteen. The one time I tried to let her stay alone overnight as we went to a hotel close by, we came home early to a drug party. That was the last time she ever stayed alone in the house AT ALL. My point, I guess, is that it has nothing to do with age. It has to do with the kid. [/QUOTE]
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