Would you ever leave a 15 yo home overnight?

I do wonder if people sayin they will definitely have a massive party actually have teenagers, or are they talking about what they would have done as a teenager themselves? Because honestly, youth nowayways is different. Mine and their friends would probably just all sit on their respective sofas and chat to their friends on the phone...

I was the sensible teen left on my own for a night and I invited friends (few too many). Nothing was trashed but we were up
playing music and being generally loud till the early hours. Neighbours spragged on me to my parents 🙄

Sounds like you think she is sensible. I would leave her home alone if that's what she wants.

One of my kids I would have left alone overnight at 15, the other not.

We had a scheduling fuck up and DS15 didn’t want to stay with the sibs at the grandparents. Sole concern was fire or flood but the neighbours knew we weren’t there and we told him to go straight to them if anything went wrong. He did microwave a kitkat so the house smelled like Willy Wonka’s briefcase (at least he took the foil off). He said it was brilliant, can’t wait to be rid of us again🤣

I was allowed to stay at home once at 15 just overnight. I was a sensible kid , not a party animal. my friend came round for company for a few hours but she bought her slightly older cousin who I didn't know very well, she seemed friendly though, they left at 9pm but the cousin returned an hour later telling me she'd dropped her key and could she come in and look for it . I opened the door and a load of older teens burst in and had a party at my parents expense, police were called by neighbours before it got too messy , luckily it was just booze and food raided to eat and drink some broken glasses, a few spills on the carpet, chewing gum stuck etc but nothing major was trashed, no valuables stolen , it could have been a lot worse though, I was lucky in that respect.I was never trusted again as even thoughI didn't arrange a party, there still was a party and I had to pay for the clean up from my babysitting money for a very long time.
So even if your teen is sensible, if anyone finds out they'll be home alone they might take advantage of the situation

Wow I had my own place at 17

If dad agrees and is happy to be on hand if needed, and take her back to his if she doesnt like it as much as she thought, then I would.

Any of those emergencies could happen at 10am when you've left them at home while you do the shopping though

My DD is a few months older at 16 and I don't really leave her because she has a younger sibling and while she's mature enough to look after him, I wouldn't hand over that responsibility. If her brother weren't a factor, she'd be absolutely fine to stay alone.

She has stayed over with friends whose parents were away/out. In fact, she spent NYE staying in a house with 6 boys (all of them 16 bar one who is 17). On paper, this sounds bonkers but I know my dc and her friends and they're as sensible as it's possible to be.

I did it all the time. 15 years old with my 12 year old brother. All fine. The 90s were better times!

One night might be fine, depending on the child. A sensible 15, with dad around the corner, I'd probably consider... after laying down the law. I'd also text regularly and ask dad or a neighbour to check in with her too.

I wouldn't have left my eldest all night at 15, but she had major MH problems and a younger sister. Too young to be expected to look after another child. My youngest is now 15.5 and still hasn't been left alone overnight. However...

A relative paid for me and DH to go to a festival for three nights last summer. My kids (by then 15 and a few weeks away from being 18) begged to be allowed to stay home on their own. In view of the fact that the eldest would now be at uni if she'd been born a few weeks early, we agreed, but not for the full three nights. They were keen to show us that they would be fine, but it was their first time so we compromised - they went to grandparents (in the next county) on the train together, stayed for a day and a night, and got the train back, then stayed in our house by themselves for 24 hours, then a close family friend came to stay for the final night. This worked really well and we'd happily leave them for a weekend now.

I had the house to myself every other weekend from when I was about 14. My mum and stepdad used to go away for my stepdads weekend of contact with his first dc and although occasionally I would go too, I usually stayed home. Had a brother who lived nearby and my best mate lived 4 doors down.
Had a few illicit parties when I was a bit older but mostly me and my friend would go to Tesco’s and get Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, come home and watch films and stay up all night creating scenarios where my crush fell in love with me 😂 (it worked eventually!).
So although I didn’t spend the whole time on my own my mum was prepared to leave my home alone and I bloody loved it.

I think every child is different. If you feel you can trust her and she will be responsible then I don’t see why not give her the chance to show she can be mature. I know at 15 I was trusted enough to be alone and respected my parents much more for allowing this. As long as Dad is aware she is home alone so he can be there in an emergency and that she keeps in touch with you. I’d be telling her she is allowed a couple friends round for a visit so she wouldn’t feel like she was going behind you to have friends round.

She will deffo have a party. It will start with one friend for company and it will just grow… Teenagers can’t help themselves. However that doesn’t mean they’ll trash the house. So I suppose it’s more of a case of whether you think she’ll worry in the middle of the night when it’s all dark and there are strange noise, and whether you are happy with her having people over?

I would, but then I had moved out of home when I was 17!

When I was that age I would've loved the peace and quiet time so I could just read to my heart's content. Depends on the kid.

It's not illegal. It depends on the kid though.

With dad around the corner it sounds ok to me - I would want him to have a key so he can get in in an emergency situation though

The NSPCC does not get to decide when it is legal for a child to be left alone. I'm also quite sure they have not even said this.

Totally depends on individual children but I have left my younger teen alone for a night as I know she is responsible and we have great neighbours.

It really depends on the 15 year old, how mature they are and if they've been raised to be independent and responsible. I assume her dad could be there pretty quickly, if she got scared or anything. So, I'd say it's fine.

I'm sure if she's sensible and there are family members close by in case of emergency she'd be fine. Word of warning ; my parents left me alone for a week when I was 16 because they too thought I was reasonably sensible... they had to redecorate the living room because I had a party and someone actually threw up on the walls! 🙈

This with bells on !🤣🤣🤣

Id leave her, her dad is around corner, presumably she can talk to you on phone any time too . You say she's responsible etc. Seems like a reasonably easy decision tbh.

I had a great time lol but still terrible parenting ..
Many bad choices were made that weekend