Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Home Alone A child's parents have chosen the child to stay in virtual learning due to COVID concerns. Yet, the teacher is constantly concerned that the child age 6 is home alone all day while learning virtually. There have been many issues with the child asking the teacher if they should answer the front door when the doorbell rang how to turn off the stove and that they were scared of the bad weather outside. The child hasn't said their home alone and won't answer the teacher when he/she asks if his/her parents are home. The teacher isn't sure what to do and is concerned for the child's safety given the constant alarming questions which are now interfering with the teacher's ability to teach. What should the teacher do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The teacher should (hopefully) have some form of contact for the child's parents and reach out to them about their concerns. The child is probably being told by the parents not to answer the teacher about being home alone or not, if they are in fact alone. In this situation I would definitely reach out to the parents, and if it keeps happening, maybe to a larger, more legal source.