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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 1:56:55 GMT
At what age would you let your teen stay home alone overnight? DH and I are going out of town overnight at the end of the month. I am debating letting DS16 stay home alone overnight. His BFF's mom said he can spend the night at their house but DS thinks he'd like to stay home alone instead. It's a school night and I trust him not to have a wild party or do anything stupid. My biggest issue is he has a hard time waking up on his own but he assures me he'll make sure he gets up on time for school. WWTPD? Let him stay if he wants. But, you could also ask him to call you when he gets up in the am. If you haven't heard from him by a pre-determined time you could call him to wake him up, and call the bff mom to go over and wake him if needed.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 16, 2019 12:17:34 GMT
We left our 16 and 14 year olds home for a night this summer. They were at a football camp and one of our younger two had a baseball tournament in a city a little over an hour away. We decided to stay overnight there. My 16 year old is so far a rule follower and we knew they would be tired after the camp. I’m not as worried about my son having large groups of people over, but you never know if the word gets out and more people end up stopping over. Especially if it is a planned overnight alone.
As for freecharlie’s question about what is different between being out until 2 or 3 and being gone overnight—I think there is a lot of difference. We aren’t usually out until 2 or 3, but if we do go out at night we don’t know when we will be home. I doubt the kids are going to have a party or take advantage of being home alone if they know we could come home at any time. If they know you are coming home the next day, that is a different story.
There are probably different laws in different states regarding kids staying home at night and for how long, so that is something to consider.
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psiluvu
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Post by psiluvu on Sept 16, 2019 13:02:26 GMT
Well funny you should ask today. We left Ds 16 home alone this past weekend while we went to visit our dd and attend a concert in the city where she goes to school. He had a party Friday night. House was cleaner than when we left which was a dead giveaway and our alcohol was hidden he forgot to return it from where he hid it. According to the neighbors it was very low key and not loud. They were a little worried as a kid on a golf cart came to deliver 3 cases of beer but nothing was broken and they weren't loud. He is now grounded and without his phone. We will not be leaving him home alone again on a weekend anytime soon.
My dh works nights so we have left him alone overnight during the week from (11-7) several times during a work week starting at about 14. I have had to be out of town and Dh leaves for work at 11 when he is in bed and gets home in the am early enough to wake him up get him on his way to school
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