more of WWYD - 6 YOs left home alone during school run

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Family I know have 4 kids - 10, 8 and 6 (twins).

Two older kids go to one school and twins go to another. Family live between two schools.

Mum works FT and dad is sahp. Recently I've noticed he doesn't have the twins with him when I see him taking the older two to school and this morning I heard him say to them 'hurry up, I've got to get back to the girls'. And then watched him drop off the older kids and go home, presumably to collect the twins.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. He's not gone long - probably less than 10 minutes - but it doesn't seem like a very good idea to leave them regularly like this. Am I being a really interfering busybody? What would you do ?

brio really... i wonder if it depends on the social worker. be odd if it did i would have thought there are sort of set rules.. ie if im the social worker who visits you its ok but if some one else it may not be... or if you live in london then itd a risk but if you live in summerset its ok. not really clear answers. like some one said its a mixed thread some would do it some would not.

as i said i would not. i wont even leave my 8 year old home alone but thats me.

Talk to your friend. I certainly wouldn't report to school as the time scales are so short but I'd want to know friend was happy with arrangement.

OP If you are at all woprried ,I would mention your concerns to the school and let them, and the agencies they report it to, follow up if necessary.It may well be that , although not great parenting, it falls short of the trigger for them to get involved.But the point is your conscience will be clear, if, god forbid......