: About Me

I am a stay at home wife and mother of 5 children. I have been married for 19 years. I have home educated all 5. My oldest is now attending the local technical college at 16 years old and will soon graduate from both, our home high school and the technical college. I have lived all over the world. My favorite places include Germany, Belgium, Mount Rushmore, New Mexico, Virginia, and North Carolina. I presently reside in Louisiana.

My passion is ...

my family.

I know too much about ...

raising children.

My parents always told me ...

to be truthful.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be the 1st in everything.

My favorite memory ...

visiting with my grandfather.

Why I write ...

I write because I love it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am reading how to be a better writer.

My first job ...

was in a restaurant.

My best moment ...

My best moment was when I married my husband.

My inspiration ...

My inspiration is the Holy Bible.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Deciding when to allow your children to stay home alone

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There are many age appropriate decisions that a parent must make in the course of a child's life. Minor ones like, what clothes she can wear, how late he can stay out, what friends they can have - all rank up there in the top 3. Then the day comes when your "little darlings" are old enough to be left by themselves. Now your question is when can my child stay home alone? <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Most states agree that 13 year olds are old enough to be home alone for a short amount of time. While this covers a person on the legality i...

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