home-alone

adj

(Social Welfare) informal (esp of a young child) left in a house, flat, etc unattended

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A HERO neighbour saved a terrified home-alone toddler's life as she clung to the rooftop of a block of flats 40ft up.

Tot saved from 40ft roof plunge

At month's end, a home-alone variance that even the state admits has worked well - and put nobody in harm's way - will end.

"We agree that the home-alone variance, if done properly, supports independence for people," she says.

Lindberg says she supports changing language in the statute to make home-alone time legal and available.

Statute rewrite alters meaning of alone time

Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes, by Mary Eberstadt (New York: Sentinel, 2005), 218 pages, hardcover, $25.95.

Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes

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