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I had a revelation the other day when my youngest daughter told me that she had spent the evening entertaining the guest. The guest in this case was the 19-year-old babysitter whom I was paying good money to! This is when I realized that my kids were probably fine at staying home alone and very likely would prefer it.
I have never known when it was the right age, but my eldest just turned 13 and the younger one is 10. They fight, but never to the point of bodily harm. They mostly amuse each other, or at least tolerate each other to the point that I am pretty sure nothing bad is going to happen.
When I started asking my friends about the age they left their kids home alone it varied a lot. Some started very young, others were happy to leave them alone, but not happy of having the kids put themselves to sleep, which is an interesting nuance I find!
I am sure it also depends on where you live. We live in an apartment building where, if anything did go wrong, the kids would have no problems going upstairs to knock on one of the neighbors doors. Possibly in a house in the countryside this would be different?
Anyway I would love to hear what others do. It might even be culturally different, like so many things?
Emilie
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