Leaving kids unattended in RV all day?
There's a trailer next to us with what seems to be a single parent (female) and 2 kids, boy 9 and girl 7. She is out all day (at work?) and leaves the kids at their trailer alone all day. According ...
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Just adding a little more information that people are asking. We are in a Thousand Trails campground in Wa. The mom and kids are in a fifth wheel trailer that just arrived a couple of days ago and we are here for another 1 1/2 weeks.
Our friends are camping next door to us and they have an 8 year old that made friends with the boy next to us yesterday. This morning our friend's son wanted to go over and play with the boy. Our friend (the mom) went with him as she wanted to meet the parents of the child that her son would be playing with. When she got there the kids told her they were alone and not allowed to leave the trailer.
There are a number of concerns the least of which is an emergency with fire or injury are they able to make the decision to leave the trailer for help? They could try to use the stove and leave the propane running. What if someone who may take advantage of kids alone figures it out that they are alone? They had no issue opening the door to my friend so that can be a real concern.
They seem to be taken care of and interestingly enough, the mom told my friend's son that she would need to meet his mom before he was allowed in their trailer but she has not made an effort to say hello.
To suggest that we should now spend our vacation looking after her children for her while she is away for hours at a time (we don't know if this is a one time event or will be more often at this point) is not appropriate for many reasons. If something went wrong while under our watch this would be terrible. We are here on an annual vacation with friends and don't want to be responsible for babysitting stranger's kids. We want our own freedom to do as we please and go out during the when we want. It may sound selfish to some, but it is our reality.
We will watch to see if this continues and try to chat to her but unless we see or feel danger probably will not do more than that. They seem dressed well and behave well so that factors into our thought process.
Our friends are camping next door to us and they have an 8 year old that made friends with the boy next to us yesterday. This morning our friend's son wanted to go over and play with the boy. Our friend (the mom) went with him as she wanted to meet the parents of the child that her son would be playing with. When she got there the kids told her they were alone and not allowed to leave the trailer.
There are a number of concerns the least of which is an emergency with fire or injury are they able to make the decision to leave the trailer for help? They could try to use the stove and leave the propane running. What if someone who may take advantage of kids alone figures it out that they are alone? They had no issue opening the door to my friend so that can be a real concern.
They seem to be taken care of and interestingly enough, the mom told my friend's son that she would need to meet his mom before he was allowed in their trailer but she has not made an effort to say hello.
To suggest that we should now spend our vacation looking after her children for her while she is away for hours at a time (we don't know if this is a one time event or will be more often at this point) is not appropriate for many reasons. If something went wrong while under our watch this would be terrible. We are here on an annual vacation with friends and don't want to be responsible for babysitting stranger's kids. We want our own freedom to do as we please and go out during the when we want. It may sound selfish to some, but it is our reality.
We will watch to see if this continues and try to chat to her but unless we see or feel danger probably will not do more than that. They seem dressed well and behave well so that factors into our thought process.
