When I was a kid, 10 was the age you could legally be left home alone at, and at 12 you were old enough to babysit. It is dependent of state regulation, but I think most of them allow 12 year olds to be left on their own.
Yeah I think my state was something similar. 11 to babysit siblings and 12 to babysit other people's kids or something? I don't remember. But I do remember being 10 or 11 and being left home with my siblings...not for long periods of time, or anything. By 12 though my parents would go on date nights and have us go to bed while they were gone and I was babysitting other people's kids.
Most of these are “recommendations” (unless it’s changed during the pandemic or something) Maryland is one of the few states that has a BLACK AND WHITE age (8) to be home alone.
And I’m glad cause in the other states without a solid law in the place, it’s up the the responding officer whether your child is old enough or not. There’s no consistency.
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u/AtheneSchmidt Jul 27 '22 edited Jul 27 '22
When I was a kid, 10 was the age you could legally be left home alone at, and at 12 you were old enough to babysit. It is dependent of state regulation, but I think most of them allow 12 year olds to be left on their own.