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

[confusedwithschool]

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 ?

can she go to a classmates house that also has chickenpox as you mentioned half the class have it.

Please tell me this is a hoax!

I host the leavers assembly for our local church school (in my church) and only about 1/4 of the parents attended. Please don't beat yourselves up if you can't make them. And to be honest, nothing happened, hymns sung, a book given, told to have a lovely summer.

She went.

Child looked after by TA

Try Bubble for a babysitter. Just make it clear she has chickenpox.

Just popped back to see if you made it, so glad a good solution found 🙂

This is not a question I would even contemplate asking.

@confusedwithschool

how did it all go?

I thought that after 5 days, virus is not infectious?? If so can you just cover your child in Chamoline lotion to help with the itching and take her with you to the graduation?

Wouldn't you be breaking the law?

Hello thanks for checking in.

I took her and we stayed outside the assembly hall. She is not infectious anymore as it is now 7 days . But we left after 30mins because she was still a little bit fatigued.

It is now 7 days so not infectious anymore

I have a son the same age who just had his leavers prom and assembly. I would have been gutted to have missed it and I know he would have been too. Glad the school
are helping you to meet both kids needs. Enjoy x

When my son had CP our doctor told us they are infectious until every scab is gone.

Not sure they’d still be infective on day 5?

Personally I wouldn't. In general, but especially if they're unwell and not used to being alone. In the UK there's no minimum legal age, but Gov website states its recommendation is that most children under 12 wouldn't be mature enough to be left home unsupervised.

Sorry though OP, that's a rubbish situation to be in. X

Can you send a friend or relative along to be at the event for your DS if he really wants someone to be there at the event for him?

sshh don’t tell anyone rush in and out and if anyone aske say you have a babysitter. Put her in front of the telly and she’ll be fine for a one off. Certainly wouldn’t do it on a regular basis.
By the way you graduate when you get a degree after three or four years of university study. I detest this dumbing down if my achievemenrs by applying the term to 11 year olds.

Officially you cannot leave a child under the age of 12 alone, for longer periods of time, if anything happens in your absence you would be persecuted for child neglect. The law on leaving your child on their own - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

"Hungover" 😂

This is terrible, terrible advice.

Also, your spelling errors and lack of punctuation are doing a great job of dumbing down your 'achievemenrs'. The 11 year olds in my class can write a lot better than you!

No, you'd be breaking the law if you had left your 7 year old at home alone.

they normally have live videos now so you can see it and celebrate together later
dont risk it remember madeleine mccann

30 minutes is a very short period of time.