Proper Age For Child To Stay Home Alone. But linda kriegel former director of the office. No legal age for leaving children home alone there s no one law in australia that says how old your child has to be before you can leave him alone.
But linda kriegel former director of the office. When deciding whether to leave a child home alone you will want to consider your child s physical mental developmental and emotional well being. In queensland if you leave a child under 12 years of age for an unreasonable amount of time without supervision you have committed a criminal offence.
But linda kriegel former director of the office.
Most experts say that by age 10 or 11 it s ok to leave a child alone for short periods of time under an hour during the day provided they re not scared and you think they re mature enough to. But linda kriegel former director of the office. However north carolina fire code specifies that children under age eight should not. New jersey law doesn t specify an exact age at which children are legally allowed to stay home alone or babysit for younger children so parents must decide that for themselves.