Leaving Children Home Alone

Great topic!!

In my case, since my daughter has a tendency to forget safety rules, I'll quiz her, role play and make up various scenarios to reinforce what she should and should not do while I'm away from home.

Thanks for posting this-

Terry

Friday, April 25th '08

     Eileen, thanks for writing a SharePost of when to leave a child/ren home alone for a while when they have ADHD or ADD, I have been contemplating on whether or not to let my 9 year son w/ADHD stay home alone for about an hour after he gets home from school cause I don't get off work until 430pm and he will be home from school by 330pm.  He will be attending school here in Monroe where we live for these last few weeks of this school year, and hopefully he will be going to the school that's about 2-3 blocks from where we live, he will also be walking home w/a child who lives at the same place we do.  There are neighbors that live next door and a couple doors down from us that could keep an eye on him for me until I get home from work shortly after 430pm is when I would be home.  I did print off the guidlines that you put in the SharePost and most of the things he can't do but the most important one on there (does the child know what to do in case of an emergency), my son knows exactly what to do in case of an emergency and I know that he wouldn't let anyone in that he doesn't know or who isn't aloud in when I'm not home.  He can do most of them I guess by I am still a little bit leary whether or not I want to leave him alone even though it's only for an hour.  Thanks Again for this type of SharePost - Heather and Kaleb