Deuce flashback...make the call Bob Archived Message
Posted by RSMBob  on May 23, 2022, 12:20:24, in reply to "Parenting question…When is it ok to leave a teenager home alone for a night?"
Several years ago I was up in arms about parents leaving their 7yo home alone for a few hours while they took the older kid to soccer practice. To me that was completely irresponsible and I took some grief for it here. I still stand by that with no reason not to bring the other kid with.
Now we've got a 16yo home overnight 1 night with parents just 90 min away and back the next morning? Seems like a no-brainer to me...if you have done well parenting and have good communication, a kid in high school should be able to handle that level of responsibility, especially if you have friendly, cooperative neighbors in case of emergency. Lay down the ground rules...stay in the house after dark, no visitors...it's one night. Play video games, watch a movie, heck, clean your room and do the laundry, whatever.
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- Parenting question…When is it ok to leave a teenager home alone for a night? - GCIllini99 May 23, 2022, 11:24:15
- If he's a responsible kid that you trust, then I'd see no reason not to trust him. - JFG May 23, 2022, 12:24:56
- Deuce flashback...make the call Bob - RSMBob May 23, 2022, 12:20:24
- I remember going to check on my 14 & 12 yo nephews when their folks went out of town. - illinilosch May 23, 2022, 12:19:29
- Two words: home video monitoring* - Stu May 23, 2022, 12:16:22
- We recently left our 16 y.o. alone for a night. He was fine - bbonb May 23, 2022, 12:14:14
- Thanks for feedback so far. To add a little context, we’d be an hour and a half away and would - GCIllini99 May 23, 2022, 12:02:19
- if they can drive, doesn't seem like it's even a debate at that point?* - assassin May 23, 2022, 12:01:57
- I think it would be fine, assuming you have someone who can drive by the house - eta May 23, 2022, 11:58:22
- context? overnight? How far away are you? when are you returning?* - NastyBoyd May 23, 2022, 11:36:08
- My parents started us at 15 with a responsible adult close by to check on us - Taz May 23, 2022, 11:35:36
- I would have weekends home alone from time to time at 16* - opey8 May 23, 2022, 11:32:37
- young dudes are 16, 15 and 13; we have left them home alone - suburbanmyth May 23, 2022, 11:31:51
- 16 seems fine to me - illini21 May 23, 2022, 11:29:05
- Hmmmm...Diglet#1 will be 16 in a few weeks and I'm not sure I'd leave him. - OWWDig May 23, 2022, 11:28:42
- I would think 16 is perfectly fine although I'm not a parent - IlliniSax05 May 23, 2022, 11:28:05
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