Responsible children

[2muskateers]

Hi again!
My Niece is 13 and moving to a high school right behind my house, she is very responsible and spends a lot of time home alone when her parents work. My daughter is 8 and also mature for her age, with her primary school being only afew streets away. Im struggling with childcare 2 mornings a week for work as my childminder has gone on maternity in the new term. I am a single parent and trying to make it work! my niece has offered to be dropped off at mine at 7 ( my sister drops me at work anyway so she will be coming this way) and she will take my daughter to school breakfast club for 8 o'clock then she can go off to her new nearby school as normal. Obviously this is a huge help for me and it will only be under an hour 2 times a week but I'm not sure I'm comfortable, what do others think? Thankyou for any input ????

Sounds OK to me - what worries you exactly?

I babysat for family friends at 13. I think if they have good relationship it's probably fine.

Main thing i would consider is how would niece react if something out of the ordinary happened? Would she know who to call etc?

Agree with the PP that it seems fine. Would agree that she needs to know who to call & have access to phone.

Are you going to give her a couple of quid got this? Might emphasise it's a responsibility etc

Totally fine.