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Post by OntarioScrapper on May 27, 2015 23:59:45 GMT
My son at age 12 took a babysitting course. He'd be alone with his sister who is 4 years younger for maybe 2 hours at a time on and off. At age 14, we left them alone overnight. He's 15 now. He's not allowed to have friends over though when left with his sister. He likes to play multiplayer on line games anyway so he's still "with" his friends in a sense.
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Post by AllieC on May 28, 2015 0:03:09 GMT
I think it really depends on the child. I stayed at home at that age but generally I had one or two older siblings who might be there as well.
My dd will be 18 in a few weeks and although I would totally trust her to stay at home by herself overnight and we live in a quiet and very good neighborhood, she wouldn't like it. She doesn't even like going to bed if dh and I are out.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 0:22:21 GMT
So, if you don't think 16 isn't old enough to be alone overnight, what is?
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Post by apeacalledliz on May 28, 2015 11:48:20 GMT
Yes I would and have left my 16 years old home alone overnight, boys and a girl. For me it's about letting them learn to be self reliant, it's just another step in parenting a child who is capable of being a productive, functioning adult. I have even left my son who makes questionable decisions home alone, for a whole weekend, nothing happened, and it was a good boost for him to see that he is capable of making good decisions and being by himself and taking care of the house and our dogs.
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Post by bigbundt on May 28, 2015 13:32:26 GMT
If overnight meant like less than 12 hours, maybe. Otherwise probably not.  I started a shitstorm a couple of weeks ago on my DH's FB page when he posted some article about a teen party gone wild. I said something along the lines of leaving teenagers alone over a weekend doesn't seem like the best idea and I even thought that when *I* was a teenager and my friends' parents left them alone! I saw what happened when the parents weren't there and these were responsible, respectful, straight-A kids. These days with social media, I don't want to think of how it might spiral out of control. Quite a lot of people jumped on me saying they were single parents and if work told them to go, what choice did they have? So I just shut my trap. |
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Post by Gravity on May 28, 2015 14:27:07 GMT
I have three daughters and the youngest is 17. I would have left #2 and #3 alone overnight at 16. No way would I have left #1 alone. It would have been party central.
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Post by originalvanillabean on May 28, 2015 15:35:17 GMT
Depends on maturity of 16 yo.
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