Wow. That is awful. I just don't know what I would do if my son did something like that. Of course I mentioned this to my son and he says its the parents fault for making the kid so afraid of them that he couldn't tell the truth....then he said he was just teasing that there is really something wrong with that kid.

My parents left me and my sister home every once in awhile for long weekends and stuff. I had some pretty fun parties back then. I never got to fully enjoy them though. I was always too paranoid about what kind of damage would be done and was constantly going around checking out what everyone was doing and making sure things were ok. I don't think my parents ever knew. We told them about it not too long ago and they acted completely shocked. Especially when my sister told them that she had the keg of beer sitting in the middle of the kitchen..hehehe. My parents can be so naive at times....lol.

I have also left my son home alone quite a bit in his teen years. I have been very lucky that my son seems to be a responsible kid when we are away. I don't feel I am naive and I don't think he has me fooled. He is against drinking and drugs and the whole party scene We are pretty open with each other. My son has just told me that the first time we left him alone for the weekend he was fifteen and after he got his liscense we started going away a little bit more on the weekends.

Ok, I'm rambling now...Robin