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the age to be home alone and babysit is around 13
A child must be at least 12 years old to stay home alone in Delaware. At this age, they can also babysit other children and siblings.
in Canada it is legal to leave a 10 year old alone and a 12 year old is the age you have to be to babysit a younger person
A child must be at least 11 years old to stay home alone in Michigan. They can also babysit other children and siblings at this age.
There is actually a law that states a child is not to be left home alone below the age of 16 in Nebraska. Therefore the legal age would be 16 years old in order to babysit.
The legal age someone can babysit in new zealand is 14 but at home alone for under half an hour a 13 year old can babysit
Adults think that every state has their own law on the legal age to babysit and the legal age to stay home alone. There is NO legal age. It depends on their maturity level, experience, and whether or not they're certified. That is why a 7 year old cannot stay home alone or babysit, they are NOT ' too young '. They are simply not mature enough and will not handle an emergency the correct way. Most parents trust babysitters who are ages 13+. I think 13 is a good age to start babysitting. 12 is a good age to start staying home alone.
Your child supposedly has to be at least 8-9 years of age to stay at home alone for about 2-4 hours. If your child is 11 or older, she/he can babysit other children.
13 is the legal age for a child to be left alone in the US
what age is legal to leave your child home alone in new york
Well, you have to be fourteen to be able to 'babysit' somebody under fourteen.
A child must be at least 8 years old to stay home alone in Georgia. At this age and in this state, they can babysit siblings as well.