Nothing so traumatic for me but my parents left me with my brothers one night and they took off to hang out with their friends so I was home alone until way after midnight...I never told.
After midnight ?
WOW.
How about waking up, literally 5 days a week and my single Mom’s gone to work until at least 7pm. Knowing that I will get a call around 4 or 5pm on 3 of those days that she’s not going to make it home tonight.
Food is in the fridge.
“Did you do your homework?”
“Of course I did.”(whatever)
Week after week, month after month, year after year.
From the age of 11 to 16.
As I said, free range is an understatement.