Hey! I was left alone multiple times when I was 16/17 (which was only a couple of years ago) while my parents went on holiday, and I was fine. Don't be patronizing!

It depends on the kids. I have a 17 yr old who I wouldn't leave alone for a week, while I would totally trust my 15 yr old. All teens are different when it comes to maturity

A seventeen year old should be able of taking care of him/herself. That person is a year away from adulthood and should capable of surviving for a week on their own. Granted everyone is different, but generally speaking he should have been fine.

I completely agree with 27. It totally depends on the kid. You may be able to leave one kid and they can totally take care of themselves, look after the house, and you can trust they will take care of things and not have a disaster when you get home. Whereas if you left another kid, they would survive only on pizza, sleep in every day till 1, not go to school, and you'd come home to a disaster of a house and mouldy dishes. Each child is different. Although, with that said, they are only 1 year away from adulthood, and if you have a kid that you wouldn't be able to leave alone, then you probably need to be giving them more responsibilities and teaching them how to do more things on their own (like laundry, chores, making their own lunches, learning how to budget their money, etc) to prepare them for the real world.

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*points up* wow! Look at that joke going way over #51's head. While "was" should have been were, "Bends" was a pun because the cars were smashed.

The point is that not only could someone have been hurt, their kid damaged two expensive objects which can cost them thousands of dollars to repair. Asking someone to look on the bright side of that situation is absurd.