Should children be left home alone? (Sports Miscellaneous)

Name: sarahlee23

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Product:	Sports Miscellaneous
Date:	08/05/07 (157 review reads)
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Disadvantages: Could lose your child.................... ....

Should children be left home alone?

I am sorry to hear about the little girl who was snatched from her holiday apartment. And I am sorry if I offend here.

A couple were on holiday in spain with their 3 year old daughter, and their 2 year old twins. They decided to go out for a meal a few yards down from the villa, the children were asleep, so the parents decided to leave them, and kept a constant check every hour, then the next time they went back to the villa the 3 year old girl had been taken.

The question I ask here is, would you leave your children home alone? I would'nt not even to go for a meal, the kids are part of the family and if I could not take them with me I would'nt go out. What age would you say is the right age to leave children I would say it depend on the maturity of the child, but as a general rule if I had to do such a thing it would 'nt be until at least 13. The children in this case were after all only 3 & 2 years old and should have never been left alone even if it were to go down the road...........................especially in a foreign country. I could never live with the guilt of what I had done to that child.

My point is would you leave your child/children home alone? and would you do this in a foreign country you decide. I hope they do find her safe and well.................

Summary: Should children be left home alone? you decide