Leaving children alone overnight.

whodathunkit

The 17 year old is waiting to go into the marines but you're worried about leaving him in charge of his siblings?

bagpussbear

Given the mixture of ages of your children, I also agree that it would be fine for them to be alone overnight. They'd have their dad at the end of the telephone I would imagine, should anything (god forbid) happen?

Shame on your husband's employer though :-(

theoretica

They will be fine. If you feel they need it, divide what you would pay a babysitter three ways between them for taking care of themselves.

Queen81

I think it's terrible. You should send them over to my house straight away (with their Hoover).

Joking aside, I can't see a problem with it. Leave a list of emergency phone numbers for them and get your husband to text them during the night. Good luck with hospital. X

minerva_windsong

I was staying in the house overnight on my own at 16 (when my parents went on weekends away for example). My mum usually left me a list of any chores she wanted me to do round the house and phone numbers for family friends who I could call in an emergency.

I think that based on what you've said here they will be reliable enough to be left on their own for one night provided they can get hold of your husband or a neighbour/family friend who lives nearby just in case.

Seanymph

I left mine at that age and went on holiday!

(The drinks cabinet was empty when I returned....)

They will be fine - do they have an emergency number for your OH if something happens? As long as they can get hold of someone I think they will be fine.

Best of luck with your hospital visit.

spender

There is no legal age set for children to be left overnight. It is dependent upon the child and my the sounds of it yours are perfectly capable of being left.

You can marry at 16 with permission which puts it into perspective

dktreesea

While there's no legal age, it is against the law to leave your child/children home alone if doing so would put them at risk. I doubt if they had a 13 year old in the care of 16 and 17 year old children who sound quite responsible in mind when they were considering "at risk". As long as they know the emergency numbers, just in case anything happens, they'll most likely be fine.

Armchair23

More to the point what about you ?

I don't imagine you're going into hospital for sheer fun.
Cut yourself some slack, let , no MAKE your husband deal with this.

Never mind your kids they'll be fine, but you shouldn't have to be worrying about this right now.

I hope your hospital visit is as short smooth and easy as it possibly can be.

Best wishes for tomorrow

Buzzybee90

I was left home alone for a night when I was 17 as my parents were abroad. I'd been abroad too with my boyfriend, I'd be pretty insulted if my mum thought I wasn't capable of being home alone at that age.

Plus there are three of them to look after each other