Would you leave Year 5 and Year 7 home alone after school?

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Advice please. After a struggle following redundancy, myself & Dh are both getting new jobs. Ive had a job offer and dh looks like he's about to get an offer. Big change in circumstances as I'm going full time in office and dh will be hybrid, possibly 3 days in office. I may have some flexibility to finish early and wfh but I cant push that yet.
Problem is we have 2 dc, eldest year 7 youngest year 5. I think they are old enough to be left at home for an hour/ hour and a half. Eldest makes her own way home already, youngest gets picked up/ dropped off but its 15 minutes walk max and he's 10 now so could walk or eldest could collect. Dh worried that they're too young. I dont think we have a massive choice. Would u let 10 year old walk home, then stay with his sister for an hour or hour & half on they're own? They're sensible, get on well, we leave them now to run to shops/ walk dog etc.

Based on what you've said I think it'd be alright.

You mitigate by telling kids not to touch the kettle or the cooker.
And you tell them to call you if they need help.

Its really not rock science. Its not exactly that often kids need to visit A&E.
In my childhood I had one visit.
Each of my kids have had one visit for an accident. And one of them was via NHS 24, practice nurse, GP before A&E.

Yeh agree.

The only time any of my kids needed A&E for a scald or burn was one time when I was actually with them at home. Other A&E visits were for things like a clash of heads at football and, well another footy clash of heads. Hope letting my son play footy doesn't make me a bad mum.