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Zanne21
May 20, 2009, 03:45 PM
How old do I have to be to stay home alone?
N0help4u
May 20, 2009, 03:49 PM
At around age 12 you can start being home alone for a few minutes to around an hour.
Then increase the time over the years.
Basically it is up to your parents.
Alty
May 20, 2009, 03:49 PM
That depends on your parents and on the laws where you live.
The legal age in most places to babysit is 12, so I would think that you could start staying home alone at 12 years of age.
That depends on mom and dad though.
Fr_Chuck
May 20, 2009, 06:51 PM
My older boys were about 12 when they stayed alone after school for ahour or two.
They were 14 before they stayed any evenings alone at home.
** and they of course proved it was too young on some evenings