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Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:50 am to tylercsbn9
HOA problems
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:51 am to dagrippa
I got off the bus at 7 and went inside for an hour. Wasn't allowed to play outside and the one time I did I got in trouble. 9 is a good age. That's 4th grade. If you're old enough to know about sex, you're old enough to stay alone for a bit.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:52 am to Chad504boy
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My 10 year old, who is in the 6th grade
da fuq
Maybe he has a late birthday.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 11:58 am to Chad504boy
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My 10 year old, who is in the 6th grade
quote:She tested out of 2nd grade baw and went directly from 1st to 3rd grade...got her mother genes and shite
da fuq
She turns 11 in March though...
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 11:59 am
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:37 pm to Shepherd
Did you read the law you quoted? Leaving them home for a little while is not abandoned.
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guardian did not intend to return to the minor child
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:52 pm to MikeBRLA
My boys are 11 now and my wife and I allowed them to be by themselves at 9 for short periods of time. Sometimes work conflicts dictated it as she is a teacher and I was out in the field training.
Now, that they're 11, we've let them be home for longer. She and I leave early for work, so we make sure to get them up and fed, then they put themselves on the bus. Same when they come home. They have to call either my wife or myself once they arrive. All doors locked and no playing outside. No answering the door.
In asking other parents of their friends, they too took the same approach. I'm 40, so I grew up in the 80's. My parents had no issues leaving me by myself when I was in the fourth grade.
Now, that they're 11, we've let them be home for longer. She and I leave early for work, so we make sure to get them up and fed, then they put themselves on the bus. Same when they come home. They have to call either my wife or myself once they arrive. All doors locked and no playing outside. No answering the door.
In asking other parents of their friends, they too took the same approach. I'm 40, so I grew up in the 80's. My parents had no issues leaving me by myself when I was in the fourth grade.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:53 pm to yellowfin
reading this thread makes me happy I neither live in a neighborhood nor have children
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:53 pm to maisweh
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why did they feel the need to get CPS involved and not handle it like adults and talk to the parents?
Unfortunately in my experience HOAs are incapable of functioning in the latter method
It's all anonymous notes and cops randomly showing up to your door
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:55 pm to tylercsbn9
At 9 I was riding my bike all over Plaquemine all day long.
We have let my 8 year old stay in the house while we went to the store or run errands or something. My wife's brother lives directly across a non busy street from our house though. All my kid does it watch TV and play the Playstation.
We have let my 8 year old stay in the house while we went to the store or run errands or something. My wife's brother lives directly across a non busy street from our house though. All my kid does it watch TV and play the Playstation.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:57 pm to tylercsbn9
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I brought the question about what is the age limit they thought should be set where some nosy aholes wouldn't go running to CPS and they said when the kid was old and strong enough to fight off an intruder.
The hell?
Posted on 9/16/15 at 12:57 pm to tylercsbn9
My nine year old stays home alone every now and then for an hour or two. She knows to stay inside or only go in the backyard. We have a burner for emergencies with our numbers programmed in there. She hasn't burned the house down yet so that's nice.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:00 pm to LewDawg
I started out at 8. My parents were always at work so I'd be alone until about 7 or 8pm after school sometimes. Someone told me I was a "latchkey kid". Had never heard that term before.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:03 pm to tylercsbn9
my parents left me and my sister alone at home when she was 11 and i was 8. we were latchkey kids from 2nd grade on.
our kids are about the same age difference and my oldest is about to be 9. i'd let him stay alone, but not with his 6 year old brother.
all that to say that i agree with the OP and the helicopter parents probably need to EABODs.
OP should break into said people's houses, rape* their wives, and then call adult protective services to prove a point.
*joke. no trillhogging here.
our kids are about the same age difference and my oldest is about to be 9. i'd let him stay alone, but not with his 6 year old brother.
all that to say that i agree with the OP and the helicopter parents probably need to EABODs.
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I brought the question about what is the age limit they thought should be set where some nosy aholes wouldn't go running to CPS and they said when the kid was old and strong enough to fight off an intruder. I think a lot of adults wouldn't be able to stay home alone at that qualification.
OP should break into said people's houses, rape* their wives, and then call adult protective services to prove a point.
*joke. no trillhogging here.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:03 pm to tylercsbn9
Depends on the kid. I don't let my 9 yr old stay alone for an extended period of time, but 20 minutes or so to pick up food? Sure, as long as he stayed inside. When he hits 11 or 12, extended periods of time and can play outside.
I stayed alone overnight by myself when I was 11.
I stayed alone overnight by myself when I was 11.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:09 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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The hell?
Yeah. I pretty much gave up after that nonsense. Started trolling all the idiots that keep their kids in a bubble and the thread got deleted.
Not much more entertaining things on the internet than trolling nosy stay at home helicopter parents.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:10 pm to tylercsbn9
We left ours at home when they were 9 and 11. They weren't allowed to go outside though. We were smart though and informed our immediate neighbors that we talk to quite often. They all offered to watch them, but we just use that as a back-up. If you talk to your neighbors, they would understand. Not that you have to, but it keeps crap like this from happening. Helicopter parenting is why some kids can't function when they are young adults.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 1:41 pm to MikeBRLA
I did read it. It's the only law regarding the post subject that was even close.. I also advised the wording was subjective. Not intending to return is somewhat open ended.. One hour, one day. Not saying the law is mirror perfect to the question but it's the only thing close. Not the lawmaker, just a googler.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 2:05 pm to tylercsbn9
I was 10 when my sister and I started staying home alone.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 2:08 pm to tylercsbn9
I would come home after school around 9 or 10 and be home alone for an hour or so until my mom got home. It was the 90's though, so there were less pussy bitches around. 
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