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DAILY FIND: Home Alone … at What Age?

By Ellen and Rachel on September 6, 2011

Conventional wisdom says that 12 is the magic age when children can be left alone. California (the state that leads the nation … sometimes) has no minimum regulation.

Do we need a definition of child neglect? Is my 12-year-old the same as yours? How about my 10-year-old? Explore it here. 

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Ellen and Rachel are two old friends and “expert” mamas—one a pediatrician and one a family therapist—with fifty years of parenting experience between them.

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