Home-alone kids too trusting
"One of my earlier jobs was an outbound sales role doing cold calls to residential homes," writes a reader. "It always amused/startled me in equal measures how many homes I called where there were only young children at home. Often these little youngsters were so oblivious and trusting that not only did they let me know they were home alone but they would tell me exactly how long mum and dad were out for. If I was a far worse person I'm sure I could have used this information for nefarious purposes as I had each address also. Scary."
Haves judging have-nots, again
"People are so judgmental of others these days," writes a reader. "I was left at home from the age of 11 after school until my mum got home from work. Most of the people who I find tend to judge are usually from one of three groups. 1. Where only one of the partnership work, therefore it is easy for the other partner to be at home. 2. Where they have family or friends close by willing to look after their children. 3. From a family who can afford the costs of after-school care or a babysitter. These people judging never consider the families who can't afford the extra expense and who also don't have any family or friends capable of looking after their children. People need to stop judging others for things like this and realise not everyone is in the same boat."
