Just wanting some opinions - my stepdad sees nothing wrong with leaving my (only just) 8yr old brother home alone for an hour or two during the day... My mum and I both have issues with it but as they live separately we can't always do anything about it - she's spoken to him and he reckons we're paranoid... It's not a superb area that he lives in, and Riley is not the most independent of children.

So how old is 'old enough' to be left home alone and for how long?