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JodieLyn wrote:
Good Also, the CPS climate in your area makes a difference....
...it's very different if you'll be 5 minutes away for 2 hrs than if you are going to be 45 minutes away for 2 hours.
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True, CPS professionalism differs from area to area and from worker to worker within an area yet I feel it is fair to say that there is an innate and universal, subjective and arbitary climate of which to be aware of within CPS.
There is a difference between leaving children for extended time and at an extended distance because you decrease and minimize the likelihood of something going wrong within a shorter time frame or having a quicker access to confront a problem, yet this subjectively prudent time/distance limit will have little relevance if anything does go wrong within those 5 minutes.
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Yes that's also true.. but if there are additional issues other than just the existence of CPS.. it's good to think about it and ramp up the precautions and perhaps the ages you'd leave kids etc.
Accidents do happen in very little time. Even when I'm here.. you know.. the.. you turn away for just one minute and... 
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JodieLyn wrote:
...if there are additional issues other than just the existence of CPS.. it's good to think about it and ramp up the precautions and perhaps the ages you'd leave kids etc.
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Exactly. Ramp up the precautions for any and all reasons! Build your safety net and have strong arguments for your decisions to leave children home alone, so that even if you are faced with an accident or a worst case scenario, you will be on your best possible footing. Control what you can control and entrust God with the rest  .
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Susan is there a neighbor - a retiree or another mom - who you could call to stay with your children for a few minutes if you have to run out? Might not be bad to have a couple of phone numbers in case of an emergency. I agree with Angie - not just from the standpoint of legal problems - but the what if situation. Anything can happen in just five minutes. Years from now they'll be old enough that you'll have more freedom to run errands and you'll probably be missing when they were so little and needed you all the time. 
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Oh don't worry! I have no intention of leaving my children home alone for any length of time anytime soon. I started the thread knowing that day was a long way off but wondering about other's experiences. Everyone's input has been really helpful.
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Sorta like wish shopping huh Susan? when can I imagine that I'll be able to... 
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I would leave my oldest in charge to run up the street for milk when she was aroun 9 or 10. My youngest then was 2. She was 12 when we let her actually babysit for the first time, and that was just the same younger child, but he was 4 then. My other boy was too disobedient to be left with her, and we would take the baby with us. Now she is 13,,,yesterday we left her for a few hours with the two boys and went grocery shopping, we took the toddler with us, and it went fine. The older boy, now just turned 10, still won't listen to her very well, but he's old enough not to do anything unsafe and mostly their arguments center around stupid stuff that can be dealt with later. If he won't do something for her that he is really supposed to do, he knows she can call me on the cell phone and there will be serious consequences when I return home. So far it hasn't been too much of an issue. The 5yo is pretty easy-going and sees her as a second mother, and he does fine for her.
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