Moms Talk: Should Kids Stay Home Alone During The Summer?

Town and Country-Manchester Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support families right here in Town and Country and Manchester.

Moms Talk will also be the place to drop in for a talk about the latest parenting hot topic. 

Last week, we asked parents how they picked a summer camp for the kids. 

This week, we start the conversation by thinking about that question and wondering if your kids don't go to summer camp. What if a parent can't afford camp or a babysitter for that matter, or what if a child has no interest in a summer camp? What do you do with that child all summer long when they're not in school? Those questions bring us to this week's parenting question.

Question:

When is an appropriate age for a child to stay home alone for the summer, while the parents are at work?

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