‘Home Alone’ at 7, Safe and Learning to Stay That Way by LIZZIE HEISELT

By LIZZIE HEISELT

My 7-year-old son asked to stay home while I ran errands in our neighborhood. I agreed, and our experiment was a success — except to those who insisted on seeing encouragement of independence as a “tragedy waiting to happen.”

Published: September 28, 2014 at 4:00AM

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