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| My parents once tried to hire a babysitter, the 4 of us thought she was horrible so we lured her into the kitchen and locked the door, my older brother was 7yrs old back then. We then laughed our little asses off when she started screaming and shouting (the babysitter was a teenager herself) and went upstairs to watch telly until my parents arrived. From then on we had no more babysitter and we behaved pretty well apart from the mess we'd usually leave in the kitchen from our "cooking/baking experiments".
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I am still laughing at this story. Too funny!
Personally, I think it depends on the age of the child. My husband's boss and his wife leaves their 3 year old at home to sleep whilst they head out in the night. My mouth almost dropped to the ground when she told me that they usually do that. I mean, what happens if there's a fire? no matter how minute the chances are, I think children that age should never be left unattended.
But kids who are older and are capable of proper speech, I would encourage that as it cultivates independance. When I was 9, and my younger sister around 2, my mum started leaving us at home alone whilst she goes out for errands or an afternoon with her friends. Some people call that irresponsible but I thank her for that - I get to pinch my sister without getting told off.
