I live in the US and have two middle school aged kids. I don&#x27;t actually know the legal age when children can be left &quot;home alone&quot; so I looked it up. It turns out there is no law and social services advice is to &quot;consider your child&#x27;s maturity&quot; etc. A quick flip through the web page for free range kids seems to indicate that most US states have no firm age. Therefore it looks like it is not true as stated.<p>fwiw around here (small-town western US) you see kids as young as 4-5 making their own way to&#x2F;from school -- either walking or biking, without adults, and the typical parent will leave their kids home alone when they&#x27;re 10-12, depending on the kid and other factors.