She'll be twelve in a couple of weeks. She's a really good kid and very sensible.
At what age is it OK to let them stay alone and for how long?
I didn't want to teach her that being alone is a horrible and fearful thing, so I started letting her stay alone for like 15 minutes, like for a bread and milk run, when she was eight. (I could see the house from where I was.)
Currently, I let her stay home up to an hour. I've let her stay alone for up to two hours, and the neighbor was notified that she was alone, so she still had supervision at a distance.
And I do keep my cell with me.
I work weekends, and she wants to try staying alone. It's for like seven daytime hours, about 15 minutes away.
We live in the country in a very safe neighborhood.
2007-02-27
02:16:20
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