Would you leave a 9 year old home alone for 1.5 hours?

[Sleepingboy]

Just that really. Got a sick kid and got to work. I either take him to work which won't look good and I'd struggle to work with him there or I leave him for an hour and a half til his older sister gets home.

He's not being sick, just feeling under the weather. Is generally sensible and would watch tv with no problem for the time period.

If it reassures you OP, the advice in my country is that is OK to leave them for up to 2 hours at 7 years old so no one would think twice about a 9 year old.

If it reassures you OP, the advice in my country is that is OK to leave them for up to 2 hours at 7 years old so no one would think twice about a 9 year old.

But if your country is not the same as OP's country that's completely irrelevant.

Its not illegal to leave him but in law if something happens to him you will be responsible as he is under 16 . I think ok aslong as he is aware what to do in emergency ect and is happy to be left.

But if your country is not the same as OP's country that's completely irrelevant. Children are still children, whatever country they are in, they aren't any more or less capable depending on where they were born.

@Natsku yeah but you could be in the kind of country where everyone can still leave their front doors open and not have to worry about being burgled, or can leave their purse in the car without it being robbed.

The comments surprise me as I left my 8 year old home alone to drop my other 2 to school (she had chicken pox but wasn’t otherwise very well) it’s 10 mins there and 10 mins back. My son told the school and I was reported to SS. So although it’s not “illegal” it’s still frowned Upon. I lied and told SS I didn’t (I don’t care, I didn’t need that drama!)

Ds 11 is not responsible enough to leave....
Dd at 11 was though.
For example this morning ds left a glass on the floor. Jumped of the sofa and onto the glass.

I wouldn't, especially as he is ill. It's hard when they are ill but if you can't get anyone to come to your house to care for him I wouldn't go to work.. Or phone and say you have to go in later.

I think that the fact that you’ve not left them along before means I wouldn’t suddenly leave them alone for the first time while they are ill, plus in my house if you are off school it is because you are probably ill so I wouldn’t leave a child even an older one as you never know when they will go downhill and their ability to think straight is muddled when they are ill/on drowsy medication etc

For context I leave my 9 year old for 10 min of running a sibling to an activity. I also leave him with his older siblings for up to an hour of piping to the supermarkets
The older 2 are 11 and 13 and come home after school twice a week to an empty house for a couple of hours and are also left on inset days etc. I work 5 min drive away and heck up ok them regularly, I wouldn’t leave them all day if going further away etc.

No, sorry but I wouldn't leave a 9 year old alone.

Without a second thought.
I have to wonder what sort of generation are being raised tbh!

Not in a million years!

nope. But then my nine-year-old won't even go upstairs aline

No I wouldn't leave my 9 year old home alone for that long, especially if he's ill and hasn't been left home alone before.

I started leaving his older brother home alone for ten mins then increasing it when he was in year 6 to get him ready for high school when he'd have to be home alone for 3 hours on some days till I got home from work.