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Defining leaving kids home alone as ‘abuse’ faces strong opposition

By on October 11, 2023

A group of Liberal Democratic Party members of the Saitama prefectural assembly said Tuesday that the proposal to define leaving children alone as ‘abuse’ will be withdrawn as a result of strong public opposition.

The proposal revising a prefectural ordinance to uniformly prohibit parents from leaving grade 3-aged kids or younger alone in their homes or elsewhere, and asking them to make similar efforts for fourth to sixth graders, did not include penalties.

In the proposal, children staying at home, going to and from school and playing in parks unattended were also considered as abuse.

The proposal cleared an assembly committee Friday, and the full assembly was expected to approve it on Friday this week as the LDP holds a majority in the assembly.

But assembly members from other parties raised questions about the proposal, saying that some parents have no place to leave their children.

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