How old was your child when......?
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Well, my daughter is 8.. and VERY mature.. I think she could be left alone for short times.. but I am not ready for that.. With the way she is going, I am thinking 11 or so.. I don't remember how early I was left alone.. but I remember I used to baby sit at 9 for about 4-5 hours a few times a week.. when I was 11 I had a full time baby sitting job in the summer for two (rotten) boys.. ages 7 and 4. I got $90 a week and was the richest 11 year old around..lol.
well my daughter is 11 and if she is a sleep or watching tv i take my 3 year old with me and ill leave her there but no longer then a hour. And my mom does live 3 blocks away.
12-16
13 and not for a long time
Obviously it depends on the maturity of the child. Some of my oldest son's friends are left alone at age 9/10. I have not or would not leave mine alone that early but he is very immature.
age doesnt matter as much as maturity. Here is a site that will be very helpful in determining whether your child is ready to be left alone at home.
http://www.yourfamilyshealth.com/kids_he...
In answer to your question: My daughter is 9 and my son is 19mo so they havent been left alone yet.
he was 12 and I went to the corner store...by 13 I increase the time I was away and he had a cell phone in case he needed to reach me on mine. I also had 4 neighbors home while I wasn't. Neighbors that are mobile yet don't go out during the day.
He was 15 before he was comfortable to be left home during the evening, meaning I was home by 9.
He's 16 now and still doesn't like being home too late at night by himself so he's not.
10 but i was at the neighbors house.
Totally depends on the child. I'd say no younger than 4th grade as a base, but you'd have to see how mature the child is at that time...depends on if they can be trusted and responsible and know what they can/can't do, how to answer the phone, what to say, etc.
i was 9 when i was first left alone (now 16)... and i didnt do anything bad... just watched tv and stuff
it just depneds on how well you can trust him/her, and if they are respnsible enough to handle it
She was 11 and we had to take her brother with us.he was always bad !
11
Depends on where you live and the neighborhood. I think people start leaving there kids home by themselves to early.Just nowadays there is to much crime and it just to scary to leave kids by themselves.
I haven't reached that point yet, my children are 9 and 11 and I would never dream of leaving them alone at this point, they are too young.
well I was 13 when my mom had my youngest sister. She came home one day looked at me and said are you ready handed me my sister and walked out the door and I didn't see her for 3 days. I now have 2 kids of my own. The Laws where I live state that you can't leave a child home under the age of 13 for more then an hour.
10.
I left her at age 9 and went to the grocery store, but no further!At age 11 I left her alone to babysit.
At 11 but it was never for very long as she does not like being left alone for too long. So long as they are mature enough to know what to do in an emergency children can be left for very short periods preferably not all day.Also to call them to make sure they are okay.Now she is 12 nearer high school then I can leave hertodo some shopping nearby for longer periods.
I think my daughter was 13 at the time but I would just run down the street to the store for a few things so I wasn't gone long. It is good to do little test runs first but make sure you have explained what to do in case of emergency and not to answer the door to strangers and all the other things moms worry about when they have to leave even for short periods of time. By the way, I think 13 is the legal age otherwise, if something were to happen and the child were under age 13, you could get in trouble.
Based on maturity and where you live i think 12 to 16 but not for long and just a little at a time till they prove they are ready to handle it.
My daughter was 9 but i am single mother and sometimes it couldn't be helped due to work. she would have to come home from school and i was at work or school. She has my cell number and the neighbors numbers and I would call every thirty minutes or so. I called children's services and they said that it depends on the maturity level of the child .
I have left one of mine alone at7. It was for 2 minutes. He was sick and I had to take my other child to school and he just didn't want to come in the car. He layed in bed and read . Luckily it is in the next street and I dropped her at the gate and was straight back. Less than 3 min. had passed. Luckily this has only happened once. I'm not sure when I will be ready to leave them for much longer
my two oldest children are 20 months apart but the first time i left them alone my son was 12 and my daughter was 11 the first time i left my youngest child alone was when she was 9-10 and it was only for 1-2 hrs a few times per week after school with several numbers and neighbors keeping watch
There are laws in some states that decide for you, I think its 12 in Illinois.
I have left mine alone for no more than 20 mins when they get home from school, sometimes I'm running a little behind but only my older 2, 8 and 9.
she is still not old enough to be left home alone
she is only 8 yrs old and in my books still to young
maybe when she is 13 or 14yrs old she will be old enough to stay home alone... for an hr or so but till then i have made the proper arrangments for her to have a sitter pick her up and stay with her until i get home from work at 5:30pm
my daughter doesn't even like when she is left in my hall way for 2 secs if i run back into the apartment to get something i have forgotten she runs to the door and holds it open.
i don't let her walk to school alone even though i have seen children as young as 6 walking to school alone there are sicko's out there and i wont do it she always walks with me or her nannie or her sitter or sitters son who is 22yrs old . I AM WAY PROTECTIVE
Mine was eleven. State welfare offices say that the legal age is 12 but I asked and they said that is all (within reason) at the paren'ts discretion. Some kids are more responsible than others.
My mom left me alone at 13teen for the first time.
When I was a little girl, I can remember being home alone at 4 (I also was very neglected, and never believed in Santa). I have 2 kids and all I can say is that by the time I feel they will be old enough to take care of themselves at home alone, they'll probably be old enough to do things they shouldn't, so I'm guessing..college.
Latchkey kid. from about 8 or 9. I like to think times were different back in the olden days ;)
In a lot of ways they were. Lived in a large city, but small suburb. 1 cop and he lived next door. By 11, i was driving a mile to the mom and pop grocery store (1950 dodge standard shift with a pillow). Had my license at 14 and a 1952 Chrysler (same age as me) that i bought for $50 (I think my uncle paid some without my knowledge).
Now, everyone is terrified to leave kids alone - even if a cop lives next door. Kids frequently aren't driving until 17 or 18. Sixteen is the youngest to legally drive. And once they start driving, the car better be new.
Wait, you asked about my child? My girls stayed alone from about 10 years.
7 years old n 9 years old
12. She was very mature. Age doesn't matter as much as level of responsibility and maturity
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