| In OR, WA, and CA the law states that children 10 and older may be left alone and/or in charge of a sibling.  In order to take care of other's children, one has to be at least 12.
 Personally, I let my kids (8 and 10) run to the neighbors and go to the school to play.  BUT, they always travel in groups and I can see the school from my back porch.  I would not let my children go to the neighbors alone when they were 4.  I think that the eldest was 8 before they got to leave my sight.  (Or that of a responsible person.)
 
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