Letting my 11 year old stay home alone

[Shayna]

[QUOTE=mlerose]

I was left (alone) to babysit my younger sisters, ages 7 and 3, when I was 10. I was probably left home alone (sick) when I was 8 or 9. I was babysitting other people’s children by the time I was 11.
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OMG, are you me? That’s exactly what I came in here to post (though when I was 10 my sisters were 8 and 3). And like you, I was also babysitting other people’s children by age 11.

[greatshakes]

[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
He knows how to work the stove and oven (but prefers the microwave).
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Sounds to me like you’ve got nothing to worry about!