Is It Illegal For Idaho Kids To Be Home Alone?

If you haven't seen the holiday classic Home Alone or its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, stop what you're doing and go watch them. Now, there's a good chance you've seen them or "seen parts of them" as people say so let's keep it moving.

Imagine Home Alone Taking Place In 2024

We don't mean to make you feel old but Home Alone came out 34 years ago. Imagine this movie happening in 2024... Kevin McAllister would go nuts with his parents money on Amazon and let's be real - all of his traps would get posted to TikTok.

But, let's say you flub your Christmas trip to France with your 34 family members and leave your small child at home, left to defend themselves against the "Wet Bandits"... how much legal trouble would you actually be in?

Depending on the circumstances, you could be charged with child endangerment and could have your parental rights re-evaluated. But that's just the movies, what if you just wanted to hit up the grocery store kid-free and leave the kiddos home alone for 30 minutes?

Could you?

Looking at the "home alone laws" in Idaho and surrounding states

If you have multiple children who are younger in age, you understand the difficulty that comes with taking them all to the store. We've all seen parents at some point strugglign to wrangle their kids inside of the grocery store.

So, if you decide to leave little Peter at home by himself for 30 minutes but he's only six years old... could you legally do that?

Let's look at the laws in Idaho and surrounding states.

What age did you start staying home alone and do you think it was a good idea? Let us know with your messages here!

Now, back to Home Alone real quick. If it took place in Idaho instead of Illinois, Kevin McAllister would be able to utilize some deadly weaponry that isn't legal anywhere else... but in Idaho.