Leaving a 16 year old alone whilst away

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We are away from Sunday to Friday, my 16 year old doesnt want to come.
I dont feel I can trust him yet, as he isnt the most honest and open of children!
What age did you leave your children alone for a few days?

Thanks everyone, especially Leonard - havnt left him alone yet, as he has never asked before!!
Wed night he cooked himself something burnt it, smoke alarms were going off, he left kitchen window open after even though I asked him to shut it, if I hadnt of seen it would have been open all night!
Half of me wants him to stay here but the other half doesnt really torn

think it's very child dependent, I lived alone from 16 and haven't been home since, DD is 15 and if I leave the house for a matter of hours I arrive to mayhem but she is very immature and a very difficult teen. Some of her friends are very mature and can imagine them being left but my DD I'm a long way off!

It totally depends- I lived on my own from 15- well that's not right, I coped though.

But my ds had his first night alone recently and he was fine, until we got home and then he freaked! He has some anxiety issues.

I'm going away next week for 4 nights and was leaving my 16yr old on her own with a friend staying for 2 nights and her staying at her friends for the other 2. Now im having wondering whether i want her to stay the house for the 2 days as i feel uneasy doing this. She says she will be fine. I just dont know if i'm doing the right thing by leaving her.

We left DD(16) home alone for 2 nights at Easter. She was fine, and thankfully so was the house! She had friends round, but they didn't sleep over. Her bf may well have though. A few unwashed pots in the sink, but nothing else that I could detect

I still worry about leaving DS (18) - I know he'll be fine it's more to do with wondering whether I still have a house to come back to - will he lock up properly, remember to let the dogs out and turn the cooker off etc?