To leave my 7 yr old home alone for 30mins ?

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My 7 yr old DD has the dreaded chicken pox ( she’s on day 5) but still absolutely covered. Half of his class are out cos of this

Tomorrow is my DS’s year 6 graduation and there is no one I can call to babysit ( that’s even if they would want to )

I can’t take her there as I would be exposing other kids but at the same time how can I miss my sons grad?

im torn . I plan to be on video call with her while there and the school is just down the road , a 2 min walk

not sure what I can do ?

Graduation ftom Y6? Graduation?
Not a thing.
I was regularly left home alone at age 7. Sometimes overnight. Parents had no option as my younger brother was desperately ill in hospital & we got urgent calls from hospital relayed to us by a neighbour- we had no phone.
A well behaved child should be perfectly fine for a few minutes.
But there's no guarantee nothing will go wrong.
Your own conscience tells you what is the right call here.

How times have changed! 45 years ago I, aged 7, caught chickenpox. Mum, single parent, had just started a new job as a primary school teacher, she couldn't take time off so I was left home alone all week while she looked after 30 5 year olds. She popped home at lunchtime to feed me. I was royally pee'd off when a couple of weeks later my 5yr old brother got chicken pox and he got packed off to grandma's for a week!

HAHAHA to the comments on here, my 8 year old walked him and his 7 year old brother home from school, let them in with his own key and BEHAVED until I got home from work.

No wonder every other kid today has issues...can't be left on their own for 5 mins...

It's up to you to decide if going to something that's not really a thing is more important than your child's safety and that if anything happened whilst you were gone if you would be able to live with yourself afterwards.....

If half your daughter's class is out, could you maybe ask one of the other parents of a child with chickenpox if they might be willing to watch your daughter for an hour so you could go to your son's graduation?

Obviously, it's a bit of a big ask, but given the circumstances, if I was one of the other parents I'd be happy to help.

@RoRoRo456 it's been and gone 😂

It is totally fine to leave a 7YO alone as long as they can access you via mobile. And check in every 20 min or so.

during the COVID lockdown's, my LO was 5. I am a solo parent (no support, no family, no other parent as he disappeared) and I need to feed my child. I bought him a phone so we could talk while I was running errands and going grocery shopping.. We talked while I walked there. Talked while I was waiting in line to go into the store (freaking ridiculous), and called after I paid for the groceries.

He is still alive and well many years later.

Scare tactics like this are not helpful at all. As long as the child is fed before she goes, she calls them while walking to the school, calls every 15 min while in the graduation, calls and talks while walking home, kid should be fine. My LO when 5 was able to manage alone for 30 mintues during COVID (I did the above) and he is still alive.

The people who are saying year 6 graduation is draft.
It's obviously a thing in other parts of the UK😆

Why does it have to be a woman watching the child?
What's wrong with a man doing it?

You can leave the 7 year old home alone as long they are mature and sensible enough.
Alternatively, take them with you to the graduation but be very careful.