Spend a Night Alone in Your House
If your parents go out a lot and you have the house to yourself you may be scared or bored. You may not know this but there are lots of ways to keep yourself entertained until they get back.
Steps
Keeping and Feeling Safe
- Lock all the doors and windows in your house. It will really help calm you if you know that burglars can't get in. Ask your parents to install a burglar alarm just to be on the safe side.
- Contact a friend. This lets you know that you are not alone out there.
- Always ring your parents if a friend wants to come round. They could have a specific reason for some one not to come round (like they'll tell that you are alone).
- Keep a phone with you. If someone rings, tell them something like 'Dad's working and Mom's in the shower.' or just say, 'My parents are busy,' and don't answer any questions. Hang up and don't answer their number again. Or don't answer the phone at all unless you know the number.
- Don't let anyone in, even if they say they are an undercover cop or an electrical repairman. Call your parents if they don't leave, or even better the emergency number.
- If someone comes into your home, run into a room with a lock, barricade the door with furniture, and dial your country's emergency number. If there is no way to barricade or lock a door in the case of an intruder, try to hide somewhere and keep deadly still.
- Have light, noise, and activity to deter criminals.
- Never say you are alone to people ringing the doorbell or the phone.
Entertaining Yourself
- Play with your pet. If you have a pet such as a dog, go take them for a walk and play with them. You will also have a little bit of company.
- Listen to some lively music at a moderate volume. If you like to, sing or dance! You're home alone-go crazy! In addition, the loud music will help block out any scary noises.
- Use music to soothe yourself. If you are having trouble going to sleep, turn on some soft music.
- Watch TV or play video games and have popcorn or pizza and just sit back and relax. You finally get the TV!!
- Read a good book. It will help you forget about the world around you. If this does not work, chances are you are not reading the right book. This is the time to indulge in your favorite books.
- Work out. Do push-ups, jump rope, and anything else you can do inside. It also might help you go to sleep faster. However, don't do them right before bed, or you'll get revved up and won't be able to sleep.
- Try doing something you've been meaning to do for a long time, but have never gotten to it. An example may be finishing your book report, cleaning your room or even preparing a new recipe you found.
- Make an idea box. Just simply get a small box and rip little papers and write an idea on it fold it up and throw it in the box. You can even make a rule like only pick 2 ideas and which ever one you like better you pick.
- Treat yourself and have a spa night. Shower using cleansers and scrubs. Moisturize your skin and put product in your hair. Blow dry it or let it dry naturally. Curl it, straighten it or style it. Give yourself a manicure and/or pedicure. Give yourself a foot massage. Take a soothing bath using bath bombs and/or bath salts. This will relax you and help you sleep easier, as well as looking fantastic the following morning.
- Entertain yourself. Watch the TV or movies, write a wikiHow article, draw, play an instrument, surf the net, or some other fun activity.
- Have some snacks on hand. Pretzels, popcorn, crisps, and cookies are unhealthy but delicious.
Tips
- Keeping the TV in the background can break the silence and may make you feel more at ease or less lonely.
- Every house has its own noises, sometimes lots of them! They are usually related to the water pipes or the central heating pipes. Listen out for them and work out where they are coming from. Then you won't be surprised by odd sounds. Remember these noises also go on when the house is full of people.
- Turn on some of the lights throughout the house. And leave a lamp on when you go to sleep. You will be much less scared.
- Ask your parents before they go if it's okay to invite a friend to stay the night. You won't feel bored, lonely, or scared if you have someone with you.
- Don't think about scary things.
- Sing out loud. It will relax you and make you feel less alone.
- If you have a console/good gaming PC, you can play some online multiplayer/co-op games with your friends, or with other people on a public server.
- Think about the happy times with your friends & family.
- If you get bored, impress your parents with some cleaning.
- A shower or bath will relax you.
- You're most likely to feel paranoid when it's really quiet or dark.
- Watch a funny/happy movie.
- If you want to watch a movie I suggest you don't watch anything scary because you can get really scary nightmares!
- Remember you're never alone! Someone is ALWAYS awake.
- If you get scared at night just cuddle a stuffed animal. If you hear weird noises ignore it and pretend you didn't hear anything.
- Eat some snacks like,ice cream ,cookies or something that you like.
- If you are scared of monsters, go in a room and close the door with the phone and any pets (except fish) and relax...........monsters can't get into your room now!
- If you have a pet like a dog, you can cuddle and play with it. If you are scared and your parents say yes, you can even let the dog sleep on the bed with you.
- If you have an iPhone, try talking to Siri.
Warnings
- If you notice anything wrong, call your parents. If it's really serious, call the emergency services (in the US it's 911; in the UK it's 999; in AU its 000).
- Never try experimenting with cooking at home unless you are really good at it.
- Never throw parties without your parents' permission. If you get caught, you'll get punished and they might not trust you at home alone again. If you don't, you'll still feel guilty.
- You still want to follow all the house rules. If you don't, you could get in serious trouble.
