I'm making 2 assumptions here, based on the wording of the first post (1) the 2 children were left alone all of, or a good deal of, the night (2) there was no unavoidable emergency that necessitated adult absence.

"IF" those 2 assumptions are correct, which is my reading of the first post, then it's totally beyond my comprehension how anyone can even remotely defend the leaving of 2 small children alone at home throughout the night. There ARE child neglect laws, and anyone who neglects their children in such a way fully deserves to be dealt with accordingly, then educated on how to be a responsible parent, then have their parenting supervised until they fully accept and understand the error of their previous actions.

Some people have no understanding of what responsible parenting entails.

Sorry Jinny, but I am with Ludwig here.
If your story is true that is?
I sometimes smell a rat when negative single mother stories suddenly appear on these pages!

In our country at least, it is not acceptable to leave such young children alone at home at any time of the day.

Children of that age require supervision - and your' 'right' to leave your kids home alone are well and truly over-ridden by their rights to be safe and cared for appropriately by you.

Telling them they can ring 000 is totally irresponsible too, given that this number is for life-threatening situations only... and two frightened or lonely children ringing up the 000 operator and taking up their time could cause delays in a real emergency.

Mind you, the 000 operator could, on being told two such young kids are home alone, consider the situation a danger to the kids and they may well send out police and/or child welfare staff to check on them anyway.

Is that what happened Jinny?
How did the authorities find out what you had done?

Children under the age of 18 years living in the home must be supervised and adequately cared for [all needs met ie saftey/supervision, fed and clothed] by either their parent guardian or a person sufficiently mature and sensible to meet all of their needs at all times.

Failure to provide all of the needs may well result in children being taken out of the parents or guardians care [dependant upon FACHSIA/Family Services and the Police as support].

Every child deserves the right to be raised in a secure environment and supervised at a young age.

Many common accidents with toddlers and primary school aged children occur in the home.

Do not leave your children at home or anywhere unsupervised Ginny, particularly between the ages of 5 - 10yrs.

If you love them and want the best for them; wait until they are older and able to think of the consequences of possible risks taken and injuries they are able to sustain in addition to stranger danger issues.

Hasbeen- not politicians, but whichever local rep this matter would be referred to (it's a similar problem in this area as with politics and similar bureaucracy- so a similar approach is likely worthwhile.

One of these officious public servants went after an acquaintance of mine some years back. He took his 2 young kids from Sydney harbour to Port Stephens for a Christmas cruise. The woman claimed this was endangerment or something.

The silly lady should have realised that people who have large high powered motor boats, [hot water boats, or gin palaces to us sailing types], are not poor.

This one was a high power barrister, who chewed her to bits.

Just as well we didn't have any of these people out in the islands. She would have been horrified when my eldest daughter sailed over 2000 nautical miles, in the big nasty ocean, before her first birthday.

It is a matter of some wonder to me that that same daughter, after her upbringing, is now a perfectly acclimatised suburban mother, McMansion, swimming pool, 2 car garage, huge mortgage, & all the other baggage that goes with it.

Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback, I will read through and consider them as soon as I finish my post.

So who thinks it's right for others to decide for you your choices in life. Example:
"Take kids to park/playground with kids classmates. I usually always pack food for the kids as I know what is good for them and what is not. So kids, out of boredom/greed(sweet stuff brought by other parents), keeps wanting to eat, after I already allowed them some. When I decide NO, as I was going to leave and give them their healthy lunch. Other parents think they have the right to offer my kids more junk food."

Is this right? They don't seem to understand that all the junk food does is attack our brain development. This is why society is how it is right now. People can't even think straight anymore. They have forgotten how to think for themselves. Instead, they think for everything else they have been made to believe in since birth.

It is so typical of people to judge others. Righteousness? They want to judge me because I explain I am working and researching on the internet, and what does CSO say: Oh, you only care about yourself? I have lost everything because I cared for others and believed the lies and empty promises, and am now trying to build up my life again. First time in my life, broke, great or what? I mean, she doesn't seem to understand that I have done online business and studied online business before. What do others know of my circumstances. It is my choice of life, my believes, my faith. I do not need some "intelligent" person calling me a prostitute.

For those out there who want to improve their lives and understand better why our society has turned out this way, please take 49 minutes of your very important lives, and watch this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2963728494205235281#
It is a long time study by a retired neurosurgeon, MD, nutritionist, author.