Why do parents leave their underage children at home alone while they run errands?

Posted by The ProWife in Athletes, Crazy News on January 26, 2010 | 2 Great Comments Tennis star Anna Kournikova’s mother, Alla Kournikova’s, was arrested and charged with child neglect.  Ms. Kournikova is accused of leaving her 5 year-old son, Allan, home alone unattended for at least an hour.  She told police she had gone to the bank and post office but left Allan, on his own, at home watching television because he did not want to go with her. She left him a telephone and locked the front door with a dead-bolt to stop him wandering out. The police reports states: ‘The boy jumped off a second story roof that was approximately 15 feet high...