Quote Originally Posted by Crayola kiddies View Post
.... If something ever happened that would be a very heavy burden for the sibling in charge to live with.....
I hear ya ~ we have worried about this with my stepson who has been made to babysit his half brother since he was 10 years old ... we had to actually threaten to take her back to court and sue for full custody to stop her from having both her and her husband work the night shift and leave the 10 year old home alone from 10pm ~ 8am cause she felt it was 'fine cause the little 3 year old brother was in bed and all he'd have to do is get him up and ready for school' ... but what if there was a fire, a medical emergency or something else a 10 year old is not prepared to deal with that not to mention stepson has ADHD and at the time was taking a sleeping aid to get sleep and well at 10 in my opinion while old to help with 'some' things around the house still needs a PARENT around

It is people like that with no common sense among them that have resulted in us being a society were we are having to have 'government regulations for everything' cause we cannot manage to safely cross the street without someone instructing us step by step anymore and warnings on our coffee that the contents might be hot so we do not drive with them in our crotch and burn our bits and bobs when we hit a bump