How old is it legal to stay home alone on school holidays in australia?
Question by sandra k: How old is it legal to stay home alone on school holidays in australia?
very curious as i know someone who has a 9 y.o alone at home,soooooooo wrong.
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Answer by Evangelos
Im not sure in Australia but in England you have to be 14 but because Australia is part of the British Empire their laws may be the same.
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There is no legally specified age for Australia: http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/home_alone_-_cyh.html
In Australia, there is no legal age for leaving a kid at home alone.
It is each parent’s responsibility to decide for themselves when their child is mature enough to cope with being home alone; giving consideration to individual circumstances etc and bearing in mind that they’ll be held negligent should the child come to any harm in their absence.
Hence it can be perfectly okay (and legal) to leave a sensible 9 year old at home alone; whilst, at the very same time, unacceptable to leave an immature 14 year old.