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It seems to me that this kind of parental irresponsibility is a troubling development, maybe due to many homes with both parents working, in school, etc. and no extended family in the same home or nearby. I can sympathize with the problems, but I can't accept how some parents handle it. In the moderately to well-off affluent suburb where I live, I know of several parents who leave their children alone at home for many hours, where the kids are all under 12 or even much younger. If not outrightly illegal, it sure is irresponsible and dangerous. In my home we've had to deal with the child care issues since we both work full time but we had to choose another more costly way to solve our problem and deal with it.
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