When can a parent leave younger children, under the age of ten with their 14-year-old brother and his friend? The mother went to the grocery store and left the kids with the teens. Is that proper supervision?
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When can a parent leave younger children, under the age of ten with their 14-year-old brother and his friend? The mother went to the grocery store and left the kids with the teens. Is that proper supervision?
The children were not left alone (see this article); they were left with a child who is old enough to babysit. It is possible that a fourteen-year-old is not mature enough to do so, but many parents leave younger children with fourteen-year-old siblings or even unrelated babysitters for a period of hours. If you have concerns about the fourteen-year-old, discuss your concerns with the other parent. If nothing happened, it's really a non-issue, save for if you want to try to reach some sort of agreement as to what might happen going forward.