Leaving kids home alone!

Legally it depends on your area - think babysitting ages. :) You can usually find this info online. Mine have all been perfectly capable of staying alone for a few hours by 11. So far anyway, lol. However, each child and family is certainly different. You need to be VERY comfortable that your child knows exactly what behavior is acceptable while he/she is alone and that he/she knows how to behave in a emergency. I don't expect them to just somehow magically know how to take care of themselves when alone either - I to do some teaching and training first. hth :)

16 is the age, as it is considered to be an age which they start fooling arround too, so 16 is what i'd say

Thats a hard one maybe by the age of 14

i would say at 16 then they know how to call 911 and not let strangers in the house. they are more responsible, i hope by that age.

I think I was 16 Im not really sure, somewhere around there.

Depends on the children, how responsible they are, how many of them and whether they all get on well together.

I leave my 11 year old home alone to go to the store or for an hour but no longer.

My son is 14 and I leave him alone some. I won't leave him all day or at night, but I think a few hours is ok.

Again that is hard to say, but I guess it would have to depend on how trustworthy the kid is and how responsible they are

I think it all depends on the maturity level of the child. My oldest is almost 16, and sometimes she's so moody, I just don't know if I can leave because of the other little ones.

i say about 13 years old, but it also depends on the child

Usually by the time they are teen agers they are old enough but you have to consider their maturity, how long are you going to be gone, is it night or day. Can they reach you by phone if they need you? Some kids would be confortable at home in the day but afraid at night. All of these are questions that only you can answer about your children.

and was nearly nine years from the time when my parents started me leaving me alone when they went out. and it is really nice because today and much more independent and much more capable of handling things on my own when I compare myself to my over pampered cousins who were never left alone till they were eighteen years. to what was even more important and more beneficial was that my parents started doing it gradually increasing the time I was left alone slowly.

about 13