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As long as they can be trusted to get their work done and stay out of trouble , being home alone allows them the freedom to be fully in charge of their academic activities . " And if anybody asks if you are home alone , or says something to you that makes you feel funny about answering , then just do n't answer until you speak to me . This telegram was from Boss , and announced that he would be home the next day with the remains . In Minnesota , 42 percent , or nearly twice the national average , of children ages 10 to 12 are home alone after school , according to the 1999 National Survey of American Families , sponsored by the Urban Institute . Many people ask me why I came out to New Zealand , which is a futile question , as my whole family was moving , and McAulay Caulkin was n't alive yet , let alone acting ( sic ) , so being home alone was not very chic . Those are very low odds , but when you compare them with the odds of making actual sexual contact with another person if you are home alone , it 's enough reality to keep people wading through all the fantasy . Even patients with multiple medical problems , once thought " too sick to undergo traditional AAA repair , " can have their AAA repaired with an endovascular method , and often be home the next day . Agoraphobics usually avoid places such as grocery , department stores , tunnels , and bridges , public transportation , and being home alone . Children playing outdoors , walking home from school , or hanging out at a mall without adult supervision probably deserve attention , but because children unsupervised outside the home may be subject to different risks than those who are home alone ( children on the street , for instance , are clearly more vulnerable than children home alone to traffic-related injuries and to victimization by their peers ) , it may make sense to define and count two types of self-care . You ought to be home protectin ' the rights of poor folk , not out chasin ' after us . This is home indeed .