{"id":8048,"date":"2016-03-15T22:58:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-sink-was-too-high-to-reach-readers-on-being-left-home-alone\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T23:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T16:10:46","slug":"the-sink-was-too-high-to-reach-readers-on-being-left-home-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-sink-was-too-high-to-reach-readers-on-being-left-home-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"'The sink was too high to reach': readers on being left home alone"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMore 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 \u2013 we\u2019d 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…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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