htownbrown Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I guess to someone it matters. I think people overact too much to shit like this. If you were born pre-1990 you stayed home by yourself as a kid and no one said shit, much less made national news out of it. I only post this because it might be one you or someone you know. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24733069/police-browns-fans-went-tailgating-and-left-kids-home-alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 We're all so goddamn sensitive. I don't smoke anymore but if you did is someone going to call 911 if you leave your kid alone for five minutes to take a smoke break? At ten years old I was left alone all day by myself on summer vacations from school. I'm still alive. This is kind of horseshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbrown Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 No, it IS horseshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 1) Take the kids to the game? 2) It would be awesome if the Browns ran some kind of day care centre next to the stadium, charged $10 per kid and looked after them for 3 hours 3) Get a baby sitter, it's not hard 7 year olds probably do need supervision, or you're gonna come home to one messed up house. Give a neighbour kid $20 to sit with them while he/she plays on an iPad and the kids watch movies or something. Not hard.If you can afford the tickets plus the cost of tailgating, you can afford a sitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbrown Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 At 10, many of young girls earned money as a babysitter. I don't see an issue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Who in their right mind would hire a 10 year old as a babysitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Who in their right mind would hire a 10 year old as a babysitter? htownbrown, clearly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Who in their right mind would hire a 10 year old as a babysitter? I wouldn't but it was a common thing when I was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbrown Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Ha ha...........I don't have kids, but I'm telling you it happened all the time. Maybe ten is a little young, but I stayed home after school for a couple hours everyday by myself from the moment I rode a bus home. Still alive and unharmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I stayed home alone quite a bit before age 10. No house fires and I have all of my digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I saw dead people at age 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I saw dead people at age 5. Want to elaborate? If not, I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Fire across the street. Friends house. Killed him, his parents and grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Who in their right mind would hire a 10 year old as a babysitter? Woodys afraid they may take his toys and not share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Fire across the street. Friends house. Killed him, his parents and grandparents. That is pretty awful. I saw a friend's mom get shot when I was 10. She survived but her brain was done. Lived out the rest of her years in a nursing home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvoethe Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 My daughters have been able to stay home since around 12 or so, my oldest is 14 now. We dont leave for more than 3 hours or so, and we talk to em / text during that time. 5 kids is a nightmare...that is a bit much. Get a sitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudfly Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 when I was a kid, we were alone all the time and they called us "latch key" kids...thats because we had a key to the empty house we went home to everyday...... Hell, by the time I was 12, I had 2 paper routes AND several babysitting gigs.....went out alone, everyday at 5:30 am, to deliver, then walked to school (every fuking day too....rain, sleet, snow, etc)......got myself to some ladies house for lunch everyday.....walked home everyday......took myself collecting(which was pretty constant, begging for my $)......had the house to myself till 5 every afternoon....and, in the summer, I was out the door in the morning, not to return till dark....... And, I would add.....we didnt have cell phones or pagers.....but my Mom did have a whistle and If I heard, I came home.....haha....the 70's were great times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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