To leave 9 yea wild home on their own

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Year 5, closer to 10 so not just turned 9, For 10-20 minutes whilst going to the shop?
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he HATES going to the shop (asd), our local shop is a massive supermarket so even popping out to get milk is quite overwhelming for him, I'm a single parent so he always has to come with me.
He's very sensible and logical and doesn't panic so he would know what to do in an emergency. He definitely wouldn't try to cook or answer the door, he's just sit and play minecraft

they are allowed to walk to school alone from year 5 at school and most of the children in his class do (he doesn't because it involves a very busy road) but surely that's less safe than staying home alone for a short period?

It sure how I messed the title up so much, *9 year old child

Yes, I would do this no problem

I leave my DD but we live in a village with a couple of neighbours I know she could call on if she needed to.

Can you contact him if you get delayed in traffic etc?

You know your own child better than anyone else so should be able to make that judgement.

I would say absolutely fine! Does he have something he could contact you on if he really needed to? Phone or if not a tablet with a messaging app?

Either way- I would leave at that age for that length of time

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DS is year 5. I do this.

My "rules":

I only go somewhere that is a few minutes away, so I don't go to the next town etc.

I don't go when it's dark.

I have Alexa and he can call me on it just by telling it to call and I can message him on it.

He knows what to do in an emergency and knows to go to our neighbours if needed.

He is quite sensible and literally sits on his iPad the entire time.

I have a 9 year old with ASD and having this debate! I have to fetch his older brother from school and would be gone 10 mins. I have not left him yet, will probably do it when he has a mobile phone. This will be at some point in Year 6.

I leave mine for 5-10mins to go to local shop.

Not an issue for me

I would, mine is 9 (10 in march) and suspected inattentive ADHD but reasonably sensible. We occasionally leave him home alone to walk the dogs in the wooded area 2 mins from home, usually for about 20 mins.

He's not allowed to answer the door, and just plays on his pc in his room the whole time.

He's allowed to go to the park with a friend before dark, this seems no more dangerous than that

I left my 9 year old last week. She'd been off school because she'd felt unwell in the night but by midday was absolutely fine. Had to fetch one kid from preschool and another from school so two different finish times.
She's very sensible and could call me from the landline.

Depends on the 9 year old. A 9 year old with autism I would imagine was less likely to be safe.

Yes I would. My biggest fear is that something would happen to me and no one would know dd is at home. I have only actually done this once and put a note in my purse that my daughters at home and the address.