A. Before you leave your children at home alone, you should make
sure that they feel safe and comfortable and can handle the
responsibility. Most children are not ready to be left alone
until they are at least eleven or twelve years old, but it will
also depend on your child's maturity level. You may want to
gradually let them stay home alone for very short periods of
time to make sure they are ready. Some things to review before
you leave your children home alone include: - Make sure that
they are comfortable staying home alone. - They should know
their full name, address and phone number and how to reach you
at work. - They should know how to deal with situations that may
arise while they are alone. They should know to not open the
door if someone knocks in any situation (you can review
different situations that may occur). They should not open the
door even if they say they have an important package or if they
say they are a policeman. Instead of opening the door in
uncertain situations, they should know t