Leaving kids for 5 minute late night walk?

The house would be in sight when 2 mins away!

What stops them plummeting to their grizzly deaths from the open window when youre downstairs?!!

If a child isnt mature enough to be trusted to not jump/ fall out of the window, then you have it closed or set so it only opens so much. If they havent (and I'm living in doubt about the dripfeed) then the children could fall/ jump out anytime. Being two mis away, whether in a large back garden, or up the road, isn't going to increase the risk.

This thread is crazy.

I'd assume the parents were thick or just didn't love their children very much.

In this heat I'd also assume some windows were left open.

Easy for a small child to leave/fall out... or for a grown man to enter.

Struggling to delete my post, apols again abs ignore me pls :)

Comparing to MM is ridiculous too, its apples and oranges.

These parent are no more than 2 and a half minutes from house!

I expect they know their children/ ability to open windows etc better than you do.

You sound spiteful towards this family

You omitted they were walking their dog in op

And havent returned to thread to ask how on earth you know the exact details of this situation.

Hopefully you will tomw

Leaving a 3 and 5‑year‑old alone at night is fine for "5 minutes” is the kind of logic that only works right up until the exact moment it doesn’t and that’s usually the moment you end up explaining yourself to paramedics, police, or social services

Gross negligence.

Sorry, will delete it assp, thank you.

A fire spreading throughout the house that you are no more than 2 mins away from?

They could fall out the window when youre downstairs!

Utter nonsense.

Sorry I think you have posted this int he wrong place

I would report this to social
services including the window, you could save their lives if they help
the parents fix it

The parent inside the house wouldn't know a child was doing that unless the child fell, and even then they may not hear what happened.

Let's face it, the child's bedroom window opening to an amount where a child can fall through it is a far more immediate and ongoing concern than parents going out of the house for 5 minutes. Yet that doesn't seem to bother you. I wonder why.

Mind your own business. People are far too judgemental, especially in MN. You say you don’t know them very well so don’t know their circumstances.

Not ok. They didn’t both need to go. Plus what’s the point of a 5 min walk?!

Hi,

I work for an overseas government.

There’s a big meeting scheduled at HQ next month. My boss advocated for me to go - great!

Catch is that it’s a 12.5hr overnight flight (Monday), straight into work (Tuesday), two full days of meetings, fly home after last meeting (Thursday).

My boss is travelling Business, me Economy.

Total journey time ~16hrs.

Struggle to sleep on flights at the best of times, will be broken and not my best self with my new colleagues and management (been here 5 months). Plus I feel a bit devalued.

Proposed to fly indirect at a fraction of of the cost (in Business) but not allowed.
Choice of carrier means I can’t even use my own loyalty points to upgrade.

Should I suck it up, get back in my box and feel ‘grateful’?

Thoughts welcome. Thank you.

I won't even leave my 13yr old & 10yr old to go for a quick walk with my husband. We take it in turns. I can just imagine if they wake up and suddenly we both aren't there.

Even if the animal desperately needed walked there’s no need for both of them to go!

Unless they maybe have guests you’re unaware of? I’m a single mum and my sister or mum stay over with me the odd night. On those nights I might walk my dog once Dd is sleeping….for all my neighbours know, I could be leaving my Dd home alone! (But I never would!)

They might have another adult staying with them.

This. Unlikely but if something happens it’s catastrophic. My surgeon told me that once. His complication rate might be 1% but for that 1% it’s game over

No. Never. If there was a child predator in your area, they’d soon learn your timeline.

When assessing risk, you don't just consider the likelihood, but also the severity of impact or consequence of worst case scenario

Just because something is unlikely to happen doesn't mean you should disregard it. Especially when decent and reasonable alternatives exist

How do you know there is no adult in the house?! Did they tell you that?! Maybe they have a visiting grandparent or aunt etc at home.

How do you know they haven’t got family/friends round?

I didn't endorse leaving the kids unattended. But the reason you don't leave your kids unattended shouldn't be because of Madelaine McCann. In almost all cases, it is immature to make decisions based on tiny probabilities of bad outcomes.

I find it very tedious when I'm out with my husband in the evenings and I get grilled by people asking who's looking after my children - presumably I come across as the kind of mum who would leave them alone (I am pretty laid-back!). I can't help but wonder if you're jumping to conclusions here, OP. There could easily be a grandparent or other relative in the house.

Personally I think walking a few feet down the road to allow a dog to relieve itself is fair enough, if the house is within hearing and seeing distance. I used to pop next door to pick up parcels etc when my kids were small. And I spent evenings in the garden while they slept inside.

Makes me think of the woman who lost her kids to a house fire after she popped to the shops.