Comment by jolmg

Pre-teen walking to a friend's house a mile away, probably semi-frequently?

Is that a risk or a near certainty?

Looking for online guidelines, I find this:

> According to an American Academy of Pediatrics survey of social workers that was posted in Science Daily, children under 12 years old should not be left alone for more than four hours. The social workers who were surveyed also concluded that child neglect will likely be considered when children are injured during that time period. --- https://www.tedbakerlaw.com/child-unsupervised-neglect/

A scraped knee might be injury enough.