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I keep thinking they are 7 and 9 for some reason.
Still, I can't imagine----I am conflicted here. I would never allow my kids home alone at 7. Maybe 9 or 10.
But sis and I were FINE most of the time, so long as we had neighbors we could go to in an emergency. Except for that time we set the carpet on fire, or the summer we spent stealing aluminum cans out of other people's back yards. Or that whole circus incident--but we healed up nicely.
Maybe girls really ARE different than boys?
see, I won't let mine till he was 11 but the world is so much stranger and more evil than I remember as a kid.
Sorry guys, I only had time to read this far. DS#1 is 11 and we let him babysit DS#2 who is 6 but only for a couple of hours at a time at the most. Next summer may be different. They are extremely good kids but like Boyd, the world is different than when we were kids, and I worry about them being alone at the house if some weirdo shows up.
Sparkles, you are NOT a bad parent.