leaving your child alone

For many of us the words ‘Home Alone’ conjure up the familiar image of MacAulay Culkin wreaking havoc on two bungling burglars in the annual Christmas airing of that American comedy film.  But for those who man the phone lines at Childline and other similar organisations the reality of children being left home alone is no laughing matter.

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