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When can my child stay home alone on their own?

Summer is just around the corner and for many parents that means, their kids are out of school for the season. Because your kids will be home throughout the day during the summer, you may be wondering, at what age can my child stay home alone?

Team Kylie Strong: Kylie’s story of strength and resilience

Kylie and Sydney Gilbertson, one of her nurses in the hospital smiling

Kylie won her battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in October 2019, but in September 2020, she relapsed and spent four weeks at Children’s Minnesota in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Kylie’s family joins our Virtual Walk for Amazing event for the third time:

Our pediatric gynecology clinics are open for appointments

Teenage girl with curly hair and glasses smiling.

Appointments for vaccinations and well-child checks are important to stay up-to-date on, but so are gynecology appointments for your daughter. COVID-19 is affecting a lot of areas of the world right now, but making sure all babies, girls and women have the answers and help related to their bodies is at the utmost importance to Children’s Minnesota.