going to be a 'bad' mummy later.........

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have to take DS1 to his induction afternoon (2nd one - hoping he doesn't throw up like he did last week LOL) at his new school.........thing is DS2 has his sleep at 1pm-3pm - and the induction afternoon starts at 1.30

So I'm going to put DS2 down for his sleep as usual, at 1.30 on the dot grab the monitor, lock the front door and whizz round to the school to drop DS1 off - then whizz back again

firstly this thread is STILL going on LOL

"Or she could hide the monitor in her handbag."

Handbag??? I've never carried a handbag and probably never will

I cannot see any prob with what u were planning to do QofQ. We live next door to our restaurant and put our boys to bed every night with the monitors on and go to work.

We hear them if they cry and pop back home asap.

They are 3 and 7 months.

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Ha ha at the thought of a car thief taking one look at 4 kids and legging it!

No, not a joke, Lisalisa. Why would it be?

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I was at least consistent and didn't disagree either time rickman! Always interesting to go back and see if one still agrees with oneself!

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rickman..........perhaps if it was the middle of winter and I'd said that I'd be dragging him out in the cold they may have agreed

QofQ I wonder why you posted this on here. You know what the reaction would be, so obviously you wanted a debate.

skribble - read the whole thread - especially my explanation of the "Bad" in quotes - and the at the end............

PS - the way this thread keeps 'popping' up I won't have to look very hard to find it to say once I've "done the deed" on Tuesday

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Being the mother of the ds who was left asleep in the car which then rolled down the driveway and into the locked garage door, I clearly have no right to make any comments on child safety. However he did remain asleep through the entire event, so I'm probably from QoQ's school of parenting...

But I can say that none of the major oil companies will tell you either a) to leave your children in the car when you pay for petrol; or b) take your children with you. At the most they recommend that you do not leave your keys in the car.

For the risk adverse of you, I'm afraid to tell you that this is because petrol forecourts are the most common location for car "crashes" in the UK (of course most are minor bumps and scrapes. However the oil cos cannot state that it is safer being either inside a car, or walking across the forecourt: basically neither is particularly safe. You or a child could be injured in either event.

The answer is never to drive a car.

Heh heh heh

Not going to let this thread die.

QofQ I did read the thread. I'm not saying you are or are not "bad". I'm just wondering why you seem surprised at the responses.

So just passing comment also.

• Caligula - the way this is going I'll be able to post on in when I 'do' the deed on Tuesday without bumping it very far up

Leaving aside whether you should do it or not, it is actally against the law to leave a child under 10 alone unattended in your house. I checked once and was shocked to discover this as I was training my 8 year old to stay home alone, safety rules and all that. left her for 10 minutes, met another parent who then informed me I was breaking the law. I called the police and, sure enough, I had! The police told me if something did happen, fire, child hurt and calls 911 and I am not there, I have to come up with a very good reason why I left the child alone and this was an 8 year old. I decided wasn't worth the risk, so waiting until age 10.

I never knew 10 was the legal age you can leave a child alone in a house - that's interesting.

As someone else said, this thread subject has really pushed people's buttons. I think it's an individual's decision to leave a child alone. You as the parent know the child, know the location, know yourself - you assess the risk.

However, you cannot account for other people's opinions of your decision. This thread shows that.

QoQ only needs one person to know what she's decided, one person who strongly disagrees with it for some nasty repercussions to happen - being reported to social services, being questioned by teachers, being gossiped about by the other parents ....probably all unjust and over the top reactions, but whatever, there's a risk they may happen.

It's not the distance away from the school that's the issue IMO, it's the public-ness of this decision, that fact that it is of all places a school QoQ is going to.

911?????

We don't use 911 in ths country do we?

And unless the NSPCC is lying it's not against the law.......

"What the law says
There is no law that states the minimum age that a child can be left alone. However, it is an offence to leave a child alone when doing so puts him or her at risk."

And IMO he won't be at risk as he'll have only just gone down for his 2hr nap, in his cot, and the front door will be lock for those 2 minutes.

And this thread is STILL going on

Ha ha ha thread continues.

Gwenick's quite right, there is no law that says you can't leave a child alone in the house as long as the child is not "at risk". And putting him or her "at risk" is always done on a case by case basis, because it's such a subjective judgement. Things like the age of the child, the maturity of the child, the length of absence, the frequency of being left alone, etc. etc., are all taken into consideration.

Id do it, I wouldnt tell anyone, (Gwenick!!) and Id make sure knives, matches etc were not on view.

I remember the guy getting prosecuted when his two toddlers set the house on fire. It was near us. They were a bit young, and the matches were in reach!!!!!

I really cant face reading the whole thread but I'd do it. I would keep lookng up in the sky for falling meteorites and not tell DH I did it.

I would do it too, but i would hope and pray nothing would hold me up, because it is sods law something would.