In Reply to: leaving son home alone posted by aussiechezza on Friday, 4. February 2005 at 07:18 Bali Time:
The first tie we went to Bali we left 4, yes 4! children at home aged between 20 and 12!!! friends said we were crazy and would come home to a trashed house. Our home was just as we left it when we arrived home nothing out of place and nothing broken. We had one rule before we left we told the kids they could party everynight and all day do what they wanted on one condition, that the day we arrived home the house had to be exactly the way we had left it. I f something got broken or dirty etc it had to be replaced and or cleaned before we got home. We have had the same rule now for a few years and it has always worked. My youngest son now 21 said he hated having his mates over because he could not relax and have a drink because he had to keep his eye on them and he had no spare money to fix anything so he ended up going out instead. So try it it just might work for you. good luck