Four year old twins left home alone

[MrsDoylesTeaTrolley]

For at least an hour. Is there any circumstance that makes this reasonable?

No!!!!

No

Absolutely not.

Just don't do it.

Absolutely not.

No. It needs reporting as a safeguarding incident.

Who did this?

Under no circumstances whatsoever.

If a partner did this- leave them.
If someone else you know did this- report them

Please tell me this is a joke/troll?? In now way would this be OK.

Of course not. Why are you asking?

No. Poor kids. Please report this as a safeguarding issue.

Obviously not.
Can you tell us a bit more about who is doing this?

My neighbour. We are in a strip of units designated for women and children escaping domestic violence.

None. If you think of extreme circumstances like someone is dying and I need to go to hospital, it still wouldn’t be ok. You would make arrangements or take them with you.

Unless the person caring for them died unexpectedly with no one else around, absolutely not.

NO NO NO

Thank you, all. I knew I was right in my heart. Trauma obviously makes you second guess yourself

No. A four year old can climb and open things etc

Two of them would be even more dangerous.

Is this a serious question???? Of course kids of 4 cannot be left alone - not for any amount of time

Exactly to everything above. I stayed close by once I realised Mum had left them until she returned.

Where did she go? Is she an older woman? I'd be extremely concerned about her mental health and competence

No

Absolutely fucking not!

No way can you escalate to whoever is housing? Unbelievable that anyone would do that

I didn’t hear/see her leave, but she returned (solo) in a car I’ve never seen at this address before. There was at least an hour between when I realised the children were alone and the time their mother returned.

It's never ok to leave 4yr olds home alone.

Even in emergency, bang on a neighbours door and beg them to watch the kids