To think we shouldn’t leave kids unsupervised while in bed

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…early in the morning. At what age would you do this? DC are 7 and 4 and will happily watch TV/play after breakfast. Kids wake up quite early (6-7ish), and at a weekend DH an I take turns at lie in, the other gets up with the kids. If it’s DH's turn to get up he will usually happily come back to bed for an hour after making them breakfast. He says he will hear if they start fighting or they come find him if they need anything. I would love to do the same but I don’t feel comfortable leaving them unsupervised.IABU?

My eldest tells me when he and his brother, aged 7 and 5 first started getting up, they would take a literal handful of chocolate spread and sit together licking it whilst watching some footy drama, those were apparently some of his and his brothers favourite times lol.

I don't agree. I was about to say 4 is too young and its not fair to expect a 7 year old to basically supervise.

Wtf? She doesn't share your opinion (and neither do I, for that matter).
Nothing cowardly about it 😂

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/student-20-chokes-death-eating-29443171.amp

The choking risk of young children being unsupervised at breakfast is the biggest concern.

As an example, a recent case in the news of a young adult choking on their cereal, not even a child.

If you’ve seen someone choking, it’s silent and easy to miss. A lump of brioche could easily get lodged. Not worth the risk.

yes, even adults can choke, and if someone’s child dies of choking whilst eating breakfast alone it’s a tragedy but it’s not a reason to helicopter parent your older children who are more than capable of getting themselves breakfast.

@creekingmillenial I think this thread in many ways is all about what counts as an "older child" - I think for me that line is somewhere around where they start school so 4 is very borderline

Agree - hence “unsupervised young children”, which is the subject of the thread

10, 8, 6, 4

The younger 2 still wake me. I get them som breakfast and go back to bed. They are fine alone. They don't get up to mischief and if they did they are quick to tell on each other!

@Carriecakes80 mine have been known to do this! Harmless fun and only occasional! I'm just jealous I didn't get to do these things as a kid!

My DH has a health condition which means I do all the mornings. It was about 2 years ago (3&6) that I started handing out an Ipad on Netflix and an apple each for an hour or so on the weekend and the girls would go back to bed with it. Avoids them fighting. Nowadays DD1 goes downstairs to play Minecraft and DD2 either asks for ipad or watches tv with her sister.