https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:12:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-10095 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:06:58 +0000 Navy_Mommy 10095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stayed home overnight I high school for sure. Maybe even before that but my older sisters were still living at home and they were in high school.</p> <p>My mom would leave me home for a few minutes alone while she ran out (for like less than a half our) on a regular basis when I was in elementary school (like first grade even) and most parents these days would say that's HORRIBLE. I never thought anything of it though, lol, we lived in the suburbs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-10087 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:45:20 +0000 runsyellowlites 10087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started watching my sister after school when I was in 3rd grade..</p> <p>The first time I stayed home while my parents went out of town was 15... they generally didn't go out anywhere over night so it was really the first time it came up.</p> <p>I had stayed alone plenty of times prior to that though.. sometimes if they had a late date or work party or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-7528 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:43:51 +0000 Rock n Roll 7528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was probably 13 at the time- I can't believe some of your parents NEVER left you home alone! That being said, it's hard to imagine leaving my daughter home alone- but she is only two now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-7499 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:25:38 +0000 DillonLion 7499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the first time was when my parents left me home alone for an entire week while they went to Florida. It was also my spring break. I don't know what they were thinking or how I managed to convince them that that was a good idea. I was 16. I broke every rule I could break that week. It was awesome ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-7448 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:05:04 +0000 sweetiek 7448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was senior in high school when my parents left me alone overnight. I stayed at my boyfriends apartment when they were gone. I think my mom knew but she didn't ask and I didn't tell. We moved in together after I graduated anyways so it wasn't that big of a deal, and now we are married :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6821 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:34:20 +0000 eeh 6821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was around 16 or so when I stayed alone overnight. I was a good, nerdy kid who never really got in trouble. Even then, I'm pretty sure my parents had spies calling them..mostly because those spies wanted to be the one to catch be being bad and rat me out. I also grew up in a relatively small town with grandparents 3 minutes away and neighbors who are like family if I needed anything. No big deal where I'm from (small town Kansas) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6813 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:13:57 +0000 Boogs 6813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say around the time I was a freshman in high school. By the time I was a junior/senior it happened pretty regularly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6788 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:46:46 +0000 geekinheels 6788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as Bee here — never alone overnight, but we were allowed to roam as far as we liked during the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6781 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:44:05 +0000 Jenna 6781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 15, I think. The night my dad married my stepmom they stayed in a hotel and a few of my friends stayed over without supervision. We were good kids, but there was wine in the mix and it was bad, bad news. One of my friends got so drunk and was so tiny that I'd be surprised if she didn't have alcohol poisoning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6774 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:38:29 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 6774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we ever stayed home alone over night. But my mom was cool. We had parties ( she went out with friends) and came back. My boyfriends were able to sleep over when I was 16. Not in the same room though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6712 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:04:54 +0000 chopsuey 6712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents never left us overnight alone either. We could roam as far as we'd like.. but had to be home before the sun went down. I don't think we'll leave our kids home alone (over night) without supervision as long as they live under our roof! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6708 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:53:10 +0000 Mrs. Bee 6708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my parents never let us stay home alone overnight. but we were allowed to roam as far as we wanted at a young age... something that never happens anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6706 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:39:37 +0000 twinmama 6706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know that I was ever alone overnight as a kid. My sister is 6 yrs older so I had a built in babysitter for evenings, but even still my folks never left together for the weekend or anything.</p> <p>I was probably in jr high before my parents let me stay home during the day/evening by myself. I had to call them like every hour on the hour though :) They were uber protective! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staying-home-alone-as-a-kid#post-6696 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:28:20 +0000 MaisyMay 6696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister and I were 18 when our parents went out of town overnight for the first time. Apparently that was to early for my sister because she still managed to borrow, and wreck, my dad's truck, and needed me to drive to town and rescue her.<br /> How old you when you stayed home alone, overnight, for the first time? How old will your kids be before you leave them home alone at night for the first time? </p>