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May 18, 2022
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4mack
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Depends on the kid
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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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