So, this is just to ask what age parents have started to allow their child to stay at home alone.
My daughter is 9 and a half and pretty sensible. No other children. One cat. We live in a London borough. No neighbour that we could ask to keep an eye on her/be at the end of a phone for an hour.
I'm not planning to do this yet. But thinking ahead. She, on the other hand, is gagging for every bit of independence we will give her 😊.
Theoretically I'd probably start by going to a shop 15 minutes walk away. So not be away for more than an hour and have my mobile phone with me -no guarantee she'd ring it etc.