How long would your 11/12 yr old be out alone for before you got a bit worried?

[PennyWhistleSweet]

He's home now btw!
Just wondering, he comes and goes at the weekend as he pleases. He doesn't take his phone very often and won't always tell me when he's heading out.

After I guess a few hours and not coming home to re fuel I was on the cusp of worry being he walked in.

What would be your level of comfort for a yr 7 in this awkward parenting phase (not a primary school kid and not a teen)?

I think he’s leaving the phone at home on purpose because it has a tracker on it. I’d be concerned he’s going out alone for hours. Why isn’t he with friends?

Probably around dinner time if I hadn't heard otherwise from him.
He might be gone a few hours to the skate park or whatever. But I always had an idea of where he was because I brought him up to communicate what his plans were. He had a phone and if he'd gone in the city but then decided to stay on to go to the cinema or whatever, I would expect a text so I wouldn't be concerned. Likewise, I wouldn't disappear for the day without telling my son what my plans were despite him being in sixth form now, because it's just polite!