Unlike some states, New York does not set a legal minimum age for leaving children home alone. According to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, children mature at different ...

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According to Florida Department of Children and Families and the national SAFE Kids Campaign, children under the age of 12 ...

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A Texas mother is accused of endangering her children’s lives after leaving them home alone before their house caught fire.

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TEXARKANA, Texas -- A woman was arrested Sunday after her house caught fire while her children were home alone. Hilda Xona ...

Texarkana police have arrested a woman whose home caught on fire after she left two young children there alone.

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