To be fuming..

[sarah8484]

Im at work, dp is at home with our dc 9 months and 13 years. 13 year old is off school sick. Ive just messaged ds on my lunch to see how he is and he has messaged back and said my dp (their dad) had left my 13 year old alone to watch my 9 month old while he went out for 10 minutes. Ive never gave my 13 year old that responsibility before. He said she was playing and he said be back in 10 minutes and just left. Im not going to say anything till im home but can't believe he actually did that!

If only ten mins over reaction

So 13 pages of comments later the OP has not come yet...

I think 13 is the legal age to leave a child home alone. Of course how unwell is the child? Is it safe to leave the baby while he's ill and was it only 10 minutes?

There is no legal age to leave a child home alone. It’s a completely individual decision for the parent/s depending on the child and situation. Leaving most 13 year olds, and generally younger too, home alone would be completely appropriate though.

I remember when I was 10, 68 years ago, my sister baby sat me. She was 13 and I also remember that was the legal age in Britain then. Things obviously have changed since I got old.