Remember
film home alone? Wherein kid was left all alone into their house while his parents and whole family are in vacation, have you done leaving your kid alone in house too? The film might just be pure entertaining to you but it represents reality of today’s Latchkey kids. Kids are generally active and responsible especially when parents got to appreciate them and trust them wholeheartedly with what they are doing. There is no formula to measure a kid’s readiness to assume self care at home yet very often circumstances drive issue. Daycare might become unavailable, cost prohibitive or unsatisfactory or there is no neighbor nearby to provide guidance along their own children. A latchkey kid should want to stay alone and be comfortable assuming additional responsibilities at home.
However, if your child is prone to be a worrier, has nightmares most of times and nervous or anxious when he is alone, that is an indication that he may not be ready to stay by themselves. But there are really children who will welcome opportunity to demonstrate their maturity and take pride in being allowed to take charge at home.
Incase situation calls to leave your kid alone at home, how will you handle it? do you trust your kid well that h can already handle things all by himself? Well, here are some basic safety tips for being home alone.
First, establish your own House Rules that he should know and understand well, write it down and consider including homework and house chores as well as use of phones, television sets, computers and other gadgets.
