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nothing new here... people all will chime in on how to raise other people's kids (and to quote Yul Brenner's character in the King and I...) et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
I was left alone like JustJess as a latchkey kid at age 9. My sister however was not ever allowed to stay home alone.
I don't recall any particular overnights but I do recall times when we'd drive up to San Francisco and we'd meet up with other cousins and stay with them, oldest 12 IIRC. Parents then drove to Reno for about 12 hours.
Never saw anything wrong with it, and ALL the kids were very responsible in knowing what to do for emergencies because we were all taught at a young age how to deal with them and what to do during them.
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