Would You Let Your Kids Look After the Home for 2 Weeks?

[JtB]

Following on from a similar thread, are you happy to go on holiday for two weeks and leave your "adult" children who've yet to "fly the nest" in charge of the family home?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

If I had kids then it would depend on their temperament.

 

[Crackle]

I wouldn't leave Mad Doug in my house for two weeks.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I wouldn't leave Mad Doug in my house for two weeks.

Quite right, I'll drink milk out the bottle and everything!

 

[swee'pea99]

I would, but I don't think 'er indores would. Make of that what you will.....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Yes.

 

[smutchin]

My parents left me alone in the house for two weeks when I was 17. There weren't enough people I liked at that age to want to invite them round for a party.

I would be fine about leaving my 18yo son at home alone, though I know my wife would worry unduly - more about his safety than any likelihood of him wrecking the place.

 

[stephec]

I wouldn't leave Mad Doug in my house for two weeks.

Obviously not, the op said adults.

 

[jefmcg]

I remember when my parents went away when my older brother was 19 - so it was the first time they had been alone for 19 years. They came back giggling like teenagers - I think they had fallen in love all over again. That passion lasted the rest of their lives.

Go on, leave them to themselves - as long as they don't turn your house into a meth lab, it's unlikely to be a total disaster. Enjoy yourself.

 

[MarkF]

My eldest son (who is a complete bugger) has looked after the house for 2 weeks each summer since he was 17, that's 5 years now. I am always surprised to find it still standing when we get back and know for sure somebody else does a manic clean up before we return. No problems.

 

[summerdays]

I've left them in charge for a night but the ones that are old enough are mostly not here. And I'm not quite ready to leave the youngest who I think would be ok but would live on rubbish food .... plus I'm never quite sure if you should leave child under 16 on their own overnight or longer.

 

[screenman]

I was left on my own at 15 and set fire to the kitchen and smoke damaged 3 other rooms.

Our kids fortunately faired a lot better when left alone, even down to cutting the grass and putting bins out.

 

[slowmotion]

The house will be fine but there will be stains on the carpet.

 

[Cubist]

We left out two on their own for a week in the summer and I don't think we worried unduly. They're both 18 and were working most days. No strange stains on the carpet, and I can't remember what they ate. They did have friends round, but no smoke damage.

 

[Cubist]

Mrs Cube confirms that they didn't eat much of what she bought for them and suspects they survived on cereal and takeaways. She also thinks Cubester's girlfriend organised a tidy up.