It came to our attention over the summer hols that the 9 year old next door was being left in charge of herself, her 7 and 3 year old sisters for several hours on many occasions while mother worked and father went off God knows where. Now that summer hols are over she and her 7 year old sister had been coming home to empty house (3 yr old is in creche) for hour or 2 each evening until dad came home. The 7 year old is now in after school club but 9 year old has key to the house and is alone every day after school.
At the end of the day it is none of my business and I'm not going to interfere but how responsible would I be if anything happened to her or her sisters and I knew she was not being looked after? Outside of creche hours I know for sure that she is left in charge of the other 2 sisters while parents are out. I have said to her that if she ever needs anything I'm next door. What else can you do? I sure wouldn't leave my 9 year old alone.
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glitterchick · 05/10/2008 16:26
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