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Originally Posted by Cherie

I'm the same, and I am by no means a perfect parent, there is in reality no such thing we all learn as we go along, but if Maddie telling them she woke up and was scared was not enough for them to have a rethink they really needed parenting classes

I'm also by no means a perfect parent, i couldn't leave my kids alone in a foreign country, when we went to America we stopped in the Disney complex and my girls were about 9 at the time, we never left them for a second, they had a bar by the pool and my husband brought drinks up to the room (as they were exhausted and asleep by 9pm after a busy day!), it wouldn't enter my head to leave them in a foreign country in a room they're unfamiliar with.

But i have left one of them home alone when they were younger, one of my girls were ill and i had to get the other to school, i had no way of getting her there other than to take her myself, so i left my girl who was ill and sleeping to nip to school to drop my other daughter off and pick her up, the school is across the road so i was gone less than 5 minutes, would others still class this as neglect? I'm just curious.