Should I leave kids in bed?

[Dramaqueenbee]

I'm due to drop my husband at the airport at 4.30 am ( 35 min drive) should I leave my daughter 9 sleeping or take her with me? Her brother is 14 and have left them before for an hour and half max in daytime but just feel a bit unsure as it is nighttime. What do others think?

I wouldn’t. Possibly the 14 year old but not the 9 year old.
I’m quite suprised so many think it’s ok.

I think I would do it but I’d wake the 14 year old up to say that you were leaving. Fine for him to go back to sleep but he’d know that you had left.

I’m surprised people don’t think it’s ok!

Yes fine. My DM worked nights from 4pm, and from being about 12 I was going from secondary school to pick up DSis (just over 5 yrs younger than me) and making dinner and putting her to bed, then my DF got in about 830, I had a weak tea, we would watch top gear and then I’d go to bed.
From me being your DS’s age siblings and I (I’m the oldest) were left easily until 11/12 pm. And from 11 I was getting ds’s 5+ ready, breakfast, Packed lunch and uniforms 1 day a week for 2 years whilst parents had work commitments
(And this wasn’t in the dark ages. We are talking between 7 and 10 years ago)
Make sure they’ve got access to a phone and tell a neighbor-
They’ll be fine

I think they will be fine at those ages - and I agree re Taking him if you can rather than a taxi why pay £50 out if you don’t need to wether you can afford it or not!

If you can afford to fly, you can afford a 30 minute cab journey...

What a silly comment. The precise reason I can afford to fly (I've just paid £14 for a return flight to Denmark) is because I don't fritter away money on unnecessary extravagances e.g. a £50 cab ride to the airport when I have a relative perfectly willing to drive me there.

They’ll be absolutely fine. The 14 year old can certainly look after the 9 year old if necessary but he won’t need to coz they’ll be asleep. Obliviously they’ll need to know beforehand.

I would be happy to leave them as long as they know you are going and are happy to be left.
Just make sure to take your mobile so you're contactable whilst you're gone.

Of course it's fine. Just let them both know timescales, what to do in an emergency and relevant phone numbers, etc, etc.

Agree with everyone who says it's OK as long as they know. Presumably 14yo has a mobile if anything happens.

I feel sorry for the husbands of those who insist he pays for a taxi!

Poor men. Imagine your wife not driving you 35 minutes to catch a flight...

Yes, you might have got flights for €14 each way. But that’s not all you spent on your jolly, is it? It’s not free when you get there

Actual the "jolly" was my parents funeral, and no, I didn' really spend anything while I was there.

Unless either DC is particularly anxious, or you’ve never left them before, then of course.

Tell them the plan, make sure 14 yr old knows when you’ll be back by and that you’ll call/text if delayed and knows how/where to get help if they need it. Etc.

But realistically it’s 4.30-6am tops, in the Easter holidays when they’ll both be asleep. Doors locked and they’ll be fine, why wouldn’t they?