Maturity Check. Most states don't have laws stipulating how old a child needs to be to stay home alone. So the decision is left up to the parents' judgment. It's pretty obvious to most parents that a 5-year-old is too young to be left alone in the house.
(rÃ¦ËtÃ¦n, rÉ-) n. 1. Also called rattanâ² palm`. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera. 2. the tough stems of such palms, used for wickerwork, canes, etc. 3. a stick or switch of rattan. [1650â60; by uncertain mediation < Malay rotan, alleged to be a derivative of rout scrape off, with -an nominalizing suffix]
Gray ratsnake. For the species known as Gray's rat snake, see Coluber ventromaculatus. The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides), also known as the midlands ratsnake or chicken snake, is a member of the genus Pantherophis in the subfamily Colubrinae. The gray ratsnake is one of ten species within the genus Pantherophis, which includes ratsnakes, corn snakes, and fox snakes.