Chloe wrote:

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Never?

It's probably not a good idea to leave most children alone together &
unsupervised, ever.

There's no one to control their bad side, & they can get excited/"high"
by doing things (mean stuff, destroying, assaults), & act worse & worse.
(an fictional example is in the book: Lord of the Flies) However, there
are some individual exceptions.
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You don't need to cite a fictional example to me. Last year where I live a
woman left her kids home alone while she was at work, and the two pre-teen
aged boys beat their 5 year old sister to death. The boys had a history of
violence and had already been in juvie a couple of times. I really can't
manage to dredge up any compassion for the mother, who it's reported is
borderline retarded. Makes mandatory sterilization seem like a good idea.

Should they be shot to death like the molesters should be?