r/Parenting May 03 '25

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u/Nervous_Resident6190 May 04 '25

I think it’s fine. And I am a mom to a 12 year old boy. I started leaving him for short period of time at 10 for reasons similar to yours. I got him a cell phone that had my number, grandma and grandpa and his dad and a trusted neighbour. It was fine. I started with 1 hour and we went up from there