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re: At what age did you leave your kids at home alone to run a 10-15 minute errand?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:25 pm to OceanMan
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:25 pm to OceanMan
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You left an infant home alone? Like you left in a car?
If they were with me I left them in the car until they were out of car seats. I hated lugging those things around.
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Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:28 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I know when I was a kid.. During the summer when all of us kids were around the neighborhood.. We were usually at someone's house or doing something outside.. My mom, and other kid's parents (those whose mom was at home) would go places without even letting us know. I was probably 9-10 when this happened on a regular basis.
Everyone would go back home around noon, stay inside until 2-3PM then go back out for the rest of the day.
Anyone else used to eat ABCs and 123s for lunch growing up?
Everyone would go back home around noon, stay inside until 2-3PM then go back out for the rest of the day.
Anyone else used to eat ABCs and 123s for lunch growing up?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:29 pm to CincinnatiTiger
I've started leaving my 9 year old by herself when I need to run down the road for something real quick.
It makes her feel so big.
Every time I come back she gives me this report about how no strangers tried to break in and she was perfectly safe and calm the entire time
It makes her feel so big.
Every time I come back she gives me this report about how no strangers tried to break in and she was perfectly safe and calm the entire time
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:29 pm to CincinnatiTiger
My kids are 9 & 7. If it's raining and a nasty day where they are just inside, I'll lock the door and arm the cameras and run to town if I need to.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:31 pm to CincinnatiTiger
8/9
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:32 pm to CincinnatiTiger
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At what age did you leave your kids at home alone to run a 10-15 minute errand?
those dont exist, it always turns into an hour at best and shite happens so you should never assume you will be back after hours and not minutes so they should be completely trustworthy and completely self sufficient if left unsupervised
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:32 pm to CincinnatiTiger
3rd grade. So about 8 years old. No such thing as a 15 minute errand where I live. About 30 minutes minimum.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:34 pm to OweO
I was about 10 or so when I'd come home from school and let myself in. Home alone for about 2 hrs everyday after school unless I went out to play with friends.
It really wasn't a big deal. I think the reason y'all all think kids are stupid and retarded is b/c yall treat your kids like babies.
I'd get home, fix a snack, watch after school cartoons, and then go outside and play in the yard. At 10 I could have fixed a grilled cheese or something and I knew not to burn the house down. I knew not to let strangers into the house etc
Give your kids some responsibility. They might surprise you
It really wasn't a big deal. I think the reason y'all all think kids are stupid and retarded is b/c yall treat your kids like babies.
I'd get home, fix a snack, watch after school cartoons, and then go outside and play in the yard. At 10 I could have fixed a grilled cheese or something and I knew not to burn the house down. I knew not to let strangers into the house etc
Give your kids some responsibility. They might surprise you
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:35 pm to CincinnatiTiger
My son is an only child. He’s very mature for his age. We’ve left him home for quick errands since he was 7. He has an iPad (my old one) that can connect to WiFi and he can call or message us if necessary. He’s about to be 9.
This post was edited on 8/16/22 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:39 pm to SirSaintly
quote:I agree with this for the most part. I’ve been lucky to give my kid more and more responsibility. He basically takes care of himself at this point. We don’t have to tell him to do homework, bathe, brush his teeth, get dressed, and he’s learning to cook or prepare meals for himself too. The more things he can be responsible for, the more we trust him and see what else he can handle.
I think the reason y'all all think kids are stupid and retarded is b/c yall treat your kids like babies.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:45 pm to SirSaintly
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I think the reason y'all all think kids are stupid and retarded is b/c yall treat your kids like babies.
Yeah my wife is the same way. I've been working on her about not having the kids have to go with us or stay with someone if we go somewhere for a year or two now.
My grandmother picked me up from school in kindergarten. Then she told my parents that she wasn't sitting in that BS car rider line anymore. So, since both my parents worked, I started riding the bus in 1st grade. So 6 or 7 years old. I would get home, make me a snack then either go ride my bike or play in the back yard (only rule was I couldn't leave my yard until someone got home) and everything was just fine for the 2 hours that I was home alone as a 7 year old every day.
But as you said, everyone is a helicopter parent these days.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:47 pm to ell_13
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. He basically takes care of himself at this point. We don’t have to tell him to do homework, bathe, brush his teeth, get dressed
as a fellow parent of a 9 year old, consider me suspicious
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:47 pm to IAmNERD
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I've been working on her about not having the kids have to go with us or stay with someone if we go somewhere for a year or two now.
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we go somewhere for a year or two now.
You going on Mormon sabbatical or something?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:47 pm to CincinnatiTiger
quote:10-15 minutes at 9, but I have 2 of them, twins. So it's a bit easier. In case 1 of them hurts himself or something, they at least had the other to call me.
At what age did you leave your kids at home alone to run a 10-15 minute errand?
For longer than that, 10-11 but again, I have 2 kids so it can be a bit earlier than other kids of the same age/maturity level IMO.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:48 pm to IAmNERD
So do you guys actually go out on 1-2 hour dates and leave your kids home?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:52 pm to SirSaintly
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Give your kids some responsibility. They might surprise you
I recently went on a dad/son camping trip with about 6 others. We talked about this exact thing. One of them gave a pretty good analogy.
Would you rather raise your son to live in a zoo or in the jungle? Zoo animals are on a schedule and know when they will be fed and washed. Jungles animals have to survive and tend to their own needs.
I was a latch key kid in the 90s and would ride home on the school bus and walk home by myself. My mom was a nurse and my dad was a golf course superintendent. It would be 6-7pm most nights when I saw one of them. I couldn't imagine doing that to my kids, but after that conversation, I stopped to ask myself WHY?
My wife and I are working towards trusting our boys and giving more freedoms and, more importantly, responsibility to our 3rd and 5th grade boys. Most of our other friends are still raising their kids in a zoo.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 2:59 pm to jchamil
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You going on Mormon sabbatical or something?
not sure how that happened. *1 or 2 HOURS. Although, a year long break and reset for me may hit the spot. Not sure the wife and kids would feel the same way though.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 3:01 pm to Oates Mustache
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So do you guys actually go out on 1-2 hour dates and leave your kids home?
Not as of yet. Like I said, I'm working on it. If we are going out to dinner just us two, then they have to stay at the grandparents or with one of our siblings with kids.
My daughter is certainly responsible enough to be home for a few hours by herself. Her brother, not so much probably.
This post was edited on 8/16/22 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 8/16/22 at 3:02 pm to CincinnatiTiger
Don't recall exactly, but I was a full-on latchkey kid at 7, including all day during the summer after I turned 8.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 3:07 pm to Trauma14
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