Would you leave your kids in the house with a decorator?

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Well I says kids. They're 18, 17 and 13.

Decorator looks same age as my eldest tbh.

Would be out 30 mins tops.

Assuming no additional needs, and the decorator can crack on unhindered, then absolutely. Probably best double check with the decorator first and make sure 18 yo is responsible.

This can't be a serious post

Yes both older boys are very responsible. It feels like I should be able to but just this niggling feeling that I shouldn't.

Nothing to do with decorator, he seems really nice young lad.

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Are we expecting the decorator to go rogue and paint the kids?

Yes, why not?

The 18 year old is legally an adult. What exactly is your problem?

😂

Or the kids to ask for a go with the roller and greet you with paint in their hair?

I’d be concerned for the decorator-he’s well outnumbered 😂

I have a really bad anxiety disorder and aren't always able to decipher what's normal in all honesty 🤣 My mind always goes to the worst case scenario.

Yes I'm getting treatment. Therapy (talking and CBT)

I feel silly now 🙈

Yes, this is fine. But I totally understand the anxiety. I had a similar wobble over mine (13 and 15) going out with another 15 year old and his dad!! Perfectly safe but still made me wobbly.

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Anxiety is the worst. I'm sorry.

Sure!!

18yo is an adult... so can take responsibility for the "children".

I can't see a reason that this would be a problem. 👍🏻

That’s not kids - that’s two adults and a teen. I’d be leaving the older two all weekend at that age

Must admit, from the question I was expecting you to have much younger kids

Sorry to hear about your anxiety, I hope this thread has set your mind at rest (with only gentle ribbing rather than caustic responses)

Yeah, it could have gone much worse.

I realise now it was a bit silly asking but seemed a legit question at the time.

Just make sure the decorator has got your number in case he needs to ask you anything or the kids gang up on him. Tell him you're going out and how long

Why, what do you think they're going to do to the decorator?

Attack him with his own paint 😂

Is it specifically the decorator you are worried about or would you not ordinarily leave them alone for 30 mins?

if you wouldn’t leave them alone, then I think this is something you need to work on in your therapy sessions as this will not be good for your children and their normal development. For context my youngest is 13 and we are happy to go out in the evenings without him and to leave him to fend for himself after school until we get home from work (though I do work from home at least twice a week). I wouldn’t leave him overnight or get home excessively late from an evening out but he is otherwise absolutely fine on his own and quite enjoys the independence

No I absolutely leave them alone. No hesitation. It's just leaving them alone with a strange bloke in the house, regardless of their age seemed a bad idea. I mean people don't stop getting murdered at 18.

Not that I think the is guys a murderer 😂