In praise of home alone, but mind the bumps.

The article discusses the debate among parents at "The Times Educational Supplement" (TES) online forum over the possible age for children to be left alone. Headforheights thinks that her 11 year-old son is old enough to be left for short times. It says that some posters at the forum share their childhood experiences, including the Pobble who says that at the age of nine, she, along with her sister, would be left to their devices for several hours.