A mum was shocked to find an unaccompanied seven-year-old child on her doorstep for the last week. She told the online forum Mumsnet that a neighbour whose child is in her daughter's class has dropped off their child outside her home to be walked to school - but the woman claims she has never met the parents before.
On the 'am I being unreasonable' thread, she said: "I have a neighbour whose child is in my daughter's class, every day this past week this child has shown up at my door unaccompanied to go to school with us - this would be fine but my child has ADHD and mornings are chaotic and difficult.
"I don't have this child's parents phone numbers and don't know exactly where they live. However, I just saw the parent in their car driving away as I was trying to bundle all three children across the car park.....this child is very young and so I don't feel comfortable sending them home alone and clearly the parent isn't waiting for them to get home before leaving themselves.
