Comments on: Home Alone . . . Acceptable at What Age? http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/picketfencepost/2008/08/14/home-alone-acceptable-at-what-age/ Peek behind the picket fences . . . where over-caffeinating is a competitive sport and parenting is distinctly imperfect. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erin http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/picketfencepost/2008/08/14/home-alone-acceptable-at-what-age/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Erin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:48:53 +0000 http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/picketfencepost/?p=123#comment-265 I had older sisters who were supposed to watch me after school. I can remember at 10 years old getting off the bus and rushing home to watch Luke & Laura's wedding on General Hospital because my sisters were watching it. I also babysat for two small children every day for an entire summer when I was 12. The mom worked and didn't have a whole lot of options. Now that I am a mom I can't imagine doing that, but I also don't remember enough about her situation. I think you do what you have to and every parent, child and family is different. When school gets out at 2pm, most working parents are just getting back from lunch. The schedules simply don't sync. I had older sisters who were supposed to watch me after school. I can remember at 10 years old getting off the bus and rushing home to watch Luke & Laura’s wedding on General Hospital because my sisters were watching it.

I also babysat for two small children every day for an entire summer when I was 12. The mom worked and didn’t have a whole lot of options. Now that I am a mom I can’t imagine doing that, but I also don’t remember enough about her situation.

I think you do what you have to and every parent, child and family is different. When school gets out at 2pm, most working parents are just getting back from lunch. The schedules simply don’t sync.

]]> By: Home Alone: When can I stop paying the babysitter?! « PRmom: Where’s the Manual? http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/picketfencepost/2008/08/14/home-alone-acceptable-at-what-age/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Home Alone: When can I stop paying the babysitter?! « PRmom: Where’s the Manual? Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:20:16 +0000 http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/picketfencepost/?p=123#comment-253 [...] Meredith O’Brien talks about a friend who has decided to let her grade school-aged boys stay home alone after school for the 20-minute or so gap in between the time the bus drops them off and the time she gets home from work. [...] [...] Meredith O’Brien talks about a friend who has decided to let her grade school-aged boys stay home alone after school for the 20-minute or so gap in between the time the bus drops them off and the time she gets home from work. [...]

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