According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the psyllium in Metamucil absorbs liquid and creates bulk that moves waste through the digestive tract. This helps stool to solidify and pass more slowly. Metamucil also has been shown to be effective in treating constipation.
At what age can a child: 1  stay home alone - it is an offence to leave a child aged under 14 without reasonable supervision. Generally the law allows parents to leave a young person without supervision from age 14.  choose to leave home - at age 16 a young person can leave home without their parents' consent.
The law does not specify an age when a child can be left alone. Many parents could face prosecution for leaving their children home alone during the summer holidays, a children's charity has warned.The Children's Legal Centre is calling for clarification of existing law, which fails to specify at what age children can be left on their own. child of nine could be more mature than a child of 14. Each child has to be taken on their own individual merit.. He also says that if a child is left alone or with a sibling, parents should not be more than 15 minutes away, children should know how to get help and know what to do in the case of an emergency.