I agree that it depends on the child. When I was 11 and my nephew was 8, my mom started leaving us home while her, my dad and sister went to work during the day. My grandmother's friend lived up the street and she would keep an eye on the house and call my mom if anyone went to the door or if we were outside before she got home. We did not always get along but we had fun. It also helped that we were sleep most of the time she was gone (she had to be to work at 6am and was home by 3). If it were just me, she would not have left me there; they tried having a cousin stay with us who was about 15 yrs old but we were mad that she was eating up our snacks (lol!).
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