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5 year old said this about coparent time - concerned but unsure

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penguinparty00 · 27/03/2026 22:43

My little boy is 5 and I co-parent we do not talk only to communicate when necessary about our son on an app) very strained but we never let show in our communication as it’s limited and only when needed. My little boy asked if we could get a dog and as the conversation took its natural course he mentioned that he really likes it when he gets to stay in on his own at his dads while his dads asleep and dads girlfriend takes their dog out.l, I said oh what do you mean and he said he gets to stay on his own on the sofa while his dads asleep in the mornings and his dads girlfriend takes the dog out, I said oh right you mean once garden and he said no for a walk around the estate they live on. I feel conflicted, on one hand what he does at his dads is really none of my concern but I can’t help but be concerned of the safety aspect of if this is true leaving a 5 year old in his own! Just looking
for advice, do I raise this is a message to
Coparent to try and understand it as there could be a huge chunk of information my little boy has missed out?

OP posts:
Happytaytos · 27/03/2026 22:46

He's not in his own, his dad's there!

tilypu · 27/03/2026 22:45

Do you always wake up before your son does?

ChatterMonkey · 27/03/2026 22:44

But he's not on his own, his dad is sleeping in the house? I assume he would know to wake him up/go get him if anything happened

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