rookie mistake. chocolate frosting is much more filling

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May 18, 2022
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byujag

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Would you leave a 17 year old boy home alone for the weekend?

BYU Fan

5/18/22 11:56am

Send him to the grandparents.

Baron

5/18/22 11:57am

Yeah, "too cool" for his grandparents? That makes me sad. I'd have a heart to

runnincoug

5/18/22 11:59am

See if there's a friend he can stay with you trust.

Soupie

5/18/22 11:57am

17 home for the weekend? Seems fine unless you've had trouble with him in the past.

Cougar-Duck

5/18/22 11:57am

Leave him home. If you trust him. That is plenty old enough. Have a priest

Ycrazy

5/18/22 11:58am

Depends on the kid

4mack

5/18/22 11:58am

If he has a girlfriend, heck no. If he doesn't have a girlfriend, I wouldn't have a problem with him staying home alone.

buhlcougar

5/18/22 11:58am

Lol, you think he needs a house to himself to be able to get alone time

ChiCityCoug

5/18/22 4:01pm

How soon do you want to be called grandpa?

Ojiisan

5/18/22 11:59am

Yes. Absolutely, unless there are past issues with that child that would make me

BYUtka

5/18/22 12:01pm

We left our kids (18, 15, 13, 11) alone for spring break while visiting France

Blue Ridge

5/18/22 12:03pm

There's a difference between leaving multiple kids home, and leaving a single kid home.

StantonMac

5/18/22 12:18pm

Sure. He'll probably just play video games all weekend

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

5/18/22 12:04pm

load up on cereal and milk, leave some money for pizza, and unlimited video game

LeonMarek

5/18/22 12:20pm

My parents left my brother and I home for about 5 days while I was a 17 year old

crack

5/18/22 12:07pm

rookie mistake. chocolate frosting is much more filling

byujag

5/18/22 12:27pm

My parents left me alone on my 16th birthday to attend my aunt's wedding. I had

wabluecoug

5/18/22 12:08pm

I'm sure he'll do something stupid.

unsq312

5/18/22 12:11pm

I’ve left my teenage son home alone for 3 days and he’s younger than that. Nbd

Slim

5/18/22 12:12pm

my parents left me alone for a week at 18 and the only warning my mom gave me was not to have my girlfriend over alone

byujag

5/18/22 12:26pm

Did your eyes pop open when she said it? (Thanks for the idea mom!)

85fan

5/18/22 4:02pm

We've left my 17 yr old son home alone for a weekend. We just stock the freezer

CanuckUte

5/18/22 12:28pm

It is tough to know. How do they handle freedom?

85fan

5/18/22 12:38pm

Cautionary tale: When I was 16, my parents took my older brother to Ricks and

BoiseBlue

5/18/22 12:38pm

I did this as a 19 year old. Had back surgery, 2 weeks later my family went to

RealSimsShadY

5/18/22 1:08pm

Sounds like when I was about 15.

HiLife

5/18/22 5:06pm

One of them would probably be fine and would play video games for the weekend

BIG XII Coug

5/18/22 12:43pm

I would hope you can leave him alone by now. You are out of time. If you don't feel like that is a good idea, what are

vegasnative

5/18/22 12:55pm

This will sound fake, but it's true - from 16 to 18, I basically lived alone hal

Jay Rick

5/18/22 12:56pm

Absolutely let him stay home alone. He'll most likely be living outside your home within a year or 2. He needs

BlooGeek

5/18/22 1:12pm

Fun story of life in the 80s. My parents never went anywhere except General Conference and they usually left us 7 kids

BlooGeek

5/18/22 1:17pm

Yes

Born2Fish

5/18/22 1:26pm

At age 14 and 8 my brother and I got sent to my parents' friends' house. We left

jvquarterback

5/18/22 2:09pm

Pretty simple really. Do you trust your son to make good choices?

AzCugrFan

5/18/22 3:50pm

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