situation here - kids home alone - how should this have been dealt with?

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Let me start by saying both kids are old enough to be left home alone.
Im home on my lunch break, taking DS and his friend back to the library. I called friend at work to let her know. Is this something I should have just left to the kid to do?
This kid has been know to leave the library in the past. Im at work and cant be responsible for her kid.
I have heard from her that she gets upset when he leaves the neighborhood and he doesnt tell her.
I wanted to avoid having her get pissed off at me!
So should I have called or just left it up to them?
 
Okay, I guess I am kind of confused as to what you are saying. Are you saying that you came home on your lunch break to take your son and his friend back with you to the library and you wonder if you should have called the other boy's mom to let her know you were taking him?

If that is what you are saying, then yes I certainly think you should've called. :confused:
 
Wow our library wont even allow unattended kids. They would call the police I think.
 
kind of confused too. But whenever I wasn't going to be home and someone else's child was at my house I always called the parents and told them. I did this til last year when my boys were 16. I don't now because i know all of their parents very well and I know what their home rules are. Even now when I am taking them somewhere else I ask if they've told their parents. For ex. several boys at my house. They want me to drive them to another friends. I make sure they let their parents know, check in.
 

In my opinion, you should not have taken him with you without checking with his mother FIRST to see if it was okay.
 
I think you need to give us some more details....I don't really understand what you're saying....is the kids that's home alone the friend of DS's you're bringing to the library? Or is there another kid home alone? If they're old enough to be left alone....then what's the problem..

I guess I'm just misunderstanding what you're asking:confused: :confused:
 
I also don't understand?

Are you saying you took a friend of your son to the library with you -- without parental permission -- knowing that he wanders -- and knowing you are working and can't be responsible for watching him?

:eek: :eek:
 
I got in touch with the mother before I brought her kid and mine to the library. But I think she was upset that I called her at work. I was trying to avoid any problems.
(At our library 12yrs and older can be left alone)
 





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