To leave my two girls for the day?

[Greggers2017]

DD 12 and DSD 11 have just started secondary school, they are due to have an inset day on the 25th October but I've got the opportunity to go to see a show with my friend in the afternoon. Would I be unfair to leave them from around 11am until 4pm when DP gets home from work? They are very sensible and mature for their ages. The neighbour will be at home and says they can go round to her if there is a problem.
DS will be at school and my mum is having the baby.

Are they having friends around? You said they would be bored as their friends live local.
DD and dsd may be mature and sensible but any friends may not and they could cause mischief.
I personally wouldn't leave them. I wouldn't be able to enjoy the show for worrying.

I wouldn't worry too much, they are very sensible. I meant with friends that they may go out to play or round their houses. They do most evenings.

I think they will be fine. However, the mother of your DSD may have other ideas! To save it all kicking off with her DH should tell her the plan.

DSD lives with us full time. She only sees her mother 1 day a month as she has
Severe mental health issues and drug problems unfortunately.

I probably wouldn’t, and tbh if I wasn’t working, would jump at the chance to spend the Inset day with my kids!

That’s just me though. I think they are a bit young to be left.

I'm on maternity leave, I think they're sick of seeing me. It's half term the following day and we're going away so I will be spending time with them then.

In Ireland apparently people used to think it was illegal for under 13s to be left alone so that could be where you got it from? ( apparently there is no law at all, so no age is off limit, which actually is a bit weird)

If they are sensible it should be fine-obviously go through the basics of dangers/fires/stranger etc.
You can always facetime them during a break to check up on them or get them to send you a pic.
Have fun and I am sure they will be fine.

Goodness. I can't quite believe that people are questioning whether it's ok for two high school aged kids to be home alone for a few hours 🙄 OP, of course they're going to be fine. Enjoy your show!

I think it's okay. I was baby-sitting at age 13.

My only concern would be if they are likely to fall out while you are away. I recall having some spectacular fights with my sister st that age when we were left alone together.

Could you ask your neighbour to have them come over for lunch, or is that too forward? To kind of break up the time they are unsupervised, she'd know if anything was amiss if they failed to show up also.

Sounds absolutely fine OP.

I was left home alone all day in the summer holidays at 12 - I even managed to use the toaster, kettle and oven without setting the place on fire

We're very close to the neighbour and our homes are adjoined. Think new build, town houses, the walls are very thin so she would hear them if they fell out.
They're both quite excited about being alone. DP has been able to get TOIL from 2pm so will be home by 2:30pm so that's better for them. He'll also be able to pick DS up from school so we'll save money on after school club that day. Winning all round.
We've spoken before about what to do in the event of a fire. SIL had a house fire 2 years ago so we made sure we knew what to do if it happened to us.
You're definitely helping me feel a lot more relaxed about this.

Sounds fine at 11 and 12.

LondonJax that's a really helpful list thank you. I'm just starting to leave my two (12 and 10) for longer period s and I have to admit one of the reasons I've hesitated is about whether they can go out or not or have friends round - if not they'll be bored stupid.