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Parenting

JustAnotherGen

(37,085 posts)

1. For an hour by myself?

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 05:58 PM

Wednesday

9. I would get the bus some mornings on my own. But I was babysitting at 12. Trained, CPR, etc etc.

When I was 17 my parents left me home overnight - always just one night - when work travel overlapped. But I'd often stay at an Aunt and Uncle's house that was 5 minutes from my high school. My own choice.

I loved Auntie Boot and Uncle Doug!

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