I used to think that "come home" is only used when you are at home and ask someone else to come back home. ("is only" or "was only" here? It always confuses me.)But then I learned you can say "come home" to anyone who lives with you? (Again "can" or "could"?) So if you don't live with your parents, you can't say that, right?
But I wonder if "come home" is proper in this situation. A child wants to go home when he's still at school and he murmurs to himself "come home"? Or should he say" go home"?
Best Answer
"Come home Charlie!" (with me). The speaker is suggesting/ordering Charlie to return home. The speaker may either be with Charlie (and suggesting they go together) or else the speaker may be at home already and speaking to Charlie on the phone.
"Go home Charlie!". The speaker is with Charlie and is suggesting/ordering Charlie to leave the place and return (alone) to his home .
A child at school who would rather be at home says that they "want to go (i.e. away from 'here' (school)) home".