Question No. 2 — Leaving Kids Alone
Issue: Home alone: Family therapists urge erring on the conservative side when leaving children unsupervised/Jackie Burrell, Knight Ridder Newspapers
DFO: We began leaving our kids home alone in the evenings for a few hours when they were 12 or 13. Never had a problem. Then, they were pretty mature for their ages.
Question: What's a proper age to begin leaving your children home alone?