y12 child home alone

[wishiwasinbarbados]

…for 2 weeks whilst parents are 6000 miles away for work.

Don't know much about this family, but 17yr old seems sensible enough to me and seems fine with the situation. I just don't think I would have left my own 17yr old for that long? Is it too long??

are the parents going to barbados by any chance?

What is the purpose of your post?
Will our answer influence the situation of a completely unrelated to you family in any way?
If you don't want to leave your 17 y/o it's fine. If they want to leave theirs, it's also fine.

I don't see a problem with this, with a responsible teenager.

I was left for 2 weeks at that age because I didn't want to go on the family holiday. I was fine, and I didn't trash the house either.

My mum and dad went to Cyprus when I was 16 (1986!) and left me with the house, two dogs and two ducks to look after. I was fine!

Personally I wouldn’t have done it but I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with it

17 is fine to be left alone, I’m struggling to see the issue.

Children in the youth homeless system are housed on their own from 16.

Don't know much about this family

yes, so why start a thread debating their choice as a family when the detail is key - of which you don’t know any

I would have lived that at 17! Depends on the 17 year old I suppose but most would be fines.
My ex was living alone by that age and supporting themselves…

No it's not too long. It's fine. At 17 my mum had a husband and a baby and kept her own home whilst her parents lived overseas.

I lived alone in rented accommodation at 17.

17 year olds can manage their lives just fine without mummy and daddy hovering nearby.

Mine would be fine, can't say much about the state the house would be in though. He's very good at locking up and knocking off etc. my nephew of same age, not a chance, wouldn't trust him for a weekend.
I don't think it's unusual to be left while parents go abroad at that age.

Don't leave your 17 year old then.

I was married with a baby at age 17.
DH (also 17) worked full time and myself part time.
We rented an old house in my parents name.

We used to joke that we couldn't vote or drink alcohol, but could be married with a baby!

I was pregnant at that age, about to be responsible for a child myself. (Not that I would encourage that). YABU.

perfectly fine with a sensible 17 year old. what on earth is the point of your post?

i don’t think we will hear from the OP again to clarify

You can legally leave home at 16 if you like so yes it's ok as long as no sen. You say for work too so perhaps no choice

You don't know much about this family?

I moved out when I was 16 and lived on my own until I got married many years later… what’s the issue with leaving a 17 yr old alone?

I was living alone with a baby at 17. I'm sure they're perfectly fine.

Blimey they’ll possibly be at uni in a year or so!

Absolutely fine to leave a trustworthy 17 year old. I left one of mine at that age to go on hols. Didn’t leave the other until she was older as she’d have partied the whole week and not gone to 6th form.

i was living in my own house with my own baby at that age so yea they should be fine .

They probably have a list of people they can call in an emergency, but it’s two weeks, if they’re sensible it’s not really an issue, in a year they could be off to university or a full time career living somewhere else.

It seems like it doesn't have anything to do with you so why is it bothering you enough to start a thread about it?

I had my own home at 17 was pregnant and engaged.

We certainly do baby older teens these days.