Leaving 14-year old overnight

[herhm]

Would you leave a 14-year old overnight on their own at home?
My ds doesn't want to come with us. He is sensible and basically plugged into his ps4 pretty much permanently anyway. But is it too young to leave him from Saturday at about 1pm until Sunday morning about 10am?

I wouldn't as they could have friends over and things could go wrong. I think its too young. 16 maybe not 14 however sensible.

No. 14 is still a child.

How far away?

could you or someone else come in an emergency?

Not at 14
Can he stay at a friends?

No way he is too young ask him to go to gp or a friend for the night

Nope. My parents left me at that age. It was a big house. My brother was a dick. Thought it was ok at the time. Now I look back and it wasn't right. Part of a bigger issue for me but no, too young.

15.. yes. I had to leave my son alone when I went into hospital. 14, no.

That's a nope from me

I don't think so. I leave my Uber sensible 14yo but always with his 18yo (less sensible) sister and dog. I don't think I'd be comfortable leaving him on his own yet.
A big concern of mine is the fact that children sleep through smoke alarms.

I left my 14 year old one afternoon. A boy behaved badly in my house. Knives and intimidating girls. Police involved in the end.
Overnight no way.

Overnight one night if he was happy to and wouldn't get scared yes I would.

Absolutely not. When it's the dead of night and he 'hears' a noise etc he could really panic

Nope - too young for overnight! My sensible self and sister were left 'home alone' at 15 & 16 for the odd night which was fine. You are nearly there but not quite. On the other side of the coin left our sensible 20 yr old DS on his own for the first time this week - would have happened sooner I'm sure but thanks to covid have been nowhere for 2 yrs and now making up for lost time. I'm now laughing at myself as at his age I had lived independently for 2/3 yrs!

Not allowed to leave children overnight until ahe 16. A big fat no from me.

I have a 16 year old and I wouldn't leave him overnight yet

At 14 no. 16 plus i might consider it.

No way.

Depends on the child and the circumstances

But 1pm Saturday until 10am Sunday? That's less than 24 hours, so provided he's sensible and you've got no reason to suspect he'd behave badly then yes I would.

No.

But then my very near 14 year old isn't comfortable being at home alone after dark for more than a short time 10-15 mins. Fine during the day, but nighttime feels different

No, not a 14 year old alone

There's no actual legal age when it's allowed to leave a child alone, but if you are deemed to have put them at risk by leaving them alone you can be prosecuted. I guess that is because children, and circumstances vary so hugely that it's impossible to pick an arbitrary age which is ok, but it'sa bit woolly. However, the NSPCC do recommend quite strongly that a child shouldn't be left alone overnight under the age of 16 as most are not mature enough to cope before this age.
Is there a friend he can stay with overnight or another trusted adult who can come and stay over at your house for the night? I don't think I would leave a 14 year old for that length of time and I suspect that the very fact you are asking here shows you have misgivings about it. If you've got any doubts, don't do it.

It's a no from me too. I have a pretty sensible, "would just be gaming" teen DC too so I know what you mean but still no. Too many things could go wrong over that time period.

Not at 14, no. I would probably leave my sensible nearly 16 year old if I needed to.

No. I think it is too young.

No you don’t leave children overnight alone. Why would you think you could?