Home Alone

[Jachut 487]

I think 10's reasonable. I have started leaving my boys (10 and 8) home alone for short periods this year. I might have a hairdressers appointment or something during school holidays, I'd go and leave them at home. Of course we've been through safety and not to answer the door or phone etc.

I've also just this week let them start riding their bikes to school - its 3km there and 3km back. But they have to cross and ride along an 80km/hr 2 lane road, so I walked them to school for an entire term to make sure they were confident and sensible with the lights. They love it and its great exercise for them.

I've just gotten to the stage where I need to be able to do this. Eliza is in daycare so she's safe and looked after but I've so far structred my uni timetable so that I've done all the units that are on at a convenient time for me, but next Semester I've got a 4pm lecture on a Thursday - so I need them to be able to come home and let themselves into the house. I've had to do two units so far where I've been unable to attend the lectures for an entire semester, I did well but I hate being out of the loop like that. Its much easier to just go to the lecture than find the time at home around 3 weeks to teach yourself the course!