OK, but facetiousness aside, once one parent has established that the other parent is, in fact, leaving eight-year-olds alone (which, granted, has not yet happened yet, clearly the OP is trying to think ahead just in case), the first step is to address it directly with the other parent as diplomatically as possible, but if that is unsuccessful, then as a last resort, it would not be inappropriate to call the CAS.
To be honest, I think it is always preferable to avoid involving outside authorities if at all possible, as the kids then have to witness conflict that should remain behind-the-scenes and about which they should not need to concern themselves, but if all other avenues have been pursued, there are some issues that can't simply be dropped, simply because parent A doesn't want to call CAS on parent B. Hopefully it will not come to that in this case.
To be honest, I think it is always preferable to avoid involving outside authorities if at all possible, as the kids then have to witness conflict that should remain behind-the-scenes and about which they should not need to concern themselves, but if all other avenues have been pursued, there are some issues that can't simply be dropped, simply because parent A doesn't want to call CAS on parent B. Hopefully it will not come to that in this case.
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