Reference: Supes
You may have a point there Bliz, thing is, it's more complex than age alone it's about a whole host of other factors re being able to cope with emergencies, competency in looking after children etc. etc. Most cases like this, regardless of whether it is a male or female child would, of course, get nowhere near the police being interested, unless something had actually happened, so this one does seem a bit strange in that respect, and if the reporting is accurate and the 14yr old lad didn't for e.g. have learning disabilities or his brother special care needs etc.....If none of those things applied then I think the police's time could have been much better utilised elsewhere!
Agreed.
I think most parents would take competency and such into account. I, for example, would not leave certain of my kids in charge of certain others, as they didn't have a good relationship and I knew that they would end up in fights and arguments.
I knew I could leave 1 with 3, and 2 with 3, but never 1 with 2 and 4 can't be left with anyone!
(apart from his grandparents, who think he's an angel!
 
Reference: Supes
Well, that's definitely true.....However, hangs head in shame and admits to sometimes helping myself to a wee drink or two when I was a teenage babysitter
I think I used to mostly concentrate on emptying the fridge.
I may have tried a little drink and used some used fag butts to roll some cigarettes, but I would never admit that on here!