Property News · March 15, 2016

'The sink was too high to reach': readers on being left home alone


More than 500 people were arrested in England and Wales in 2014-15 for leaving children unattended, according to the BBC. Were you a latchkey kid? My older brother was often charged with my care before and after school, as our parents were at work. As a 10-year-old boy he did not have much interest in a little four-year-old sister. Who could blame him? He typically found some local girls who were more than happy to take me. All the kids on my street were the same – we’d drop off our books/lunch bags at home and play outside until our folks got home. I loved it. On Saturdays it would be the whole day so we would have plenty of time (after house chores). I used to cycle around the whole town, or build furniture forts; we loved the freedom. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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