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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Those stay at home parents charge as well nowadays.
Did our parents ever pick us up from school? We'd hang out or just go home. And school gets out earlier now. $700/month for an 11 year old not to go home is a money sink.
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Technically I was probably what was called a latchkey kid, but your 11 year old is more than capable of staying home alone after school.
If you are worried they have some classes to provide some essentials about how to stay home alone, but you can also teach them too. Since grade 4 our kids have come home and just entertained themselves until we get home. It’s only 2 hours alone.
I think you are presenting a good example of how worry wart parents are over coddling and making kids soft. The only thing that concerns me is if somehow they can’t open the door on a cold day if the lock is stuck or something, and it’s basically walk straight to the convenience store and wait.