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Originally Posted by miami_fan
Are latchkey kids still a thing?
Not are there still kids who come home from school and are by themselves until their parents come home. I know that is still happening. I mean are we still losing our collective minds over the fact that kids are coming home school and are by themselves until their parents come home. I asked because my wife just got hit with a bit of judgement for leaving our 13 year old home by himself while my wife and I went out shopping.
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That's stupid. We leave out 11 year old alone for a couple hours. He is mature for his age, has a phone, and knows where to run if something bad happened. He literally sits on the couch and plays roblox and I can see where he is on find my phone. It obviously depends on the kid, but IMO 13 is plenty old enough. We have even left his 8 year old sister with him, for a very short amount of time, for parent teacher conference, etc...