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After the age of 7 I was left with my brother in charge, he was 4 years older than me. Unfortunately, he was very irresponsible. Generally in the summertime I would be left frequently at home with instructions to tell mom he was in the shower or something similar if she happened to call. Thankfully, I really enjoyed my time without my big brother around and was always on good behavior. Like a lot of families he was my childhood tormentor. I saw it as a reward to be left alone and never spoke up.
For the most part I would watch t.v. cartoons and gameshows. My parents also made very frequent trips to the local library so I spent a lot of time reading as well. No one was allowed in the house under any circumstances. They did not really have any strict rules about answering the phone, it was known that if someone called looking for a parent you just answered that they were busy and took a message. As far as answering the door, I know it was not allowed though to be honest no one that I didn't already know ever showed up. All in all, I found it fairly boring as I was pretty much stuck at the house with infrequent visits to friends homes who had parents home. Many of us were all in the same boat together, there were a lot of kids alone at young ages when I was growing up.
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