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A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns to an empty home after school (or other activities) or a child who is often left at home with no supervision because their parents are away at work. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings who are also under the age of maturity for their community.
Louis Van "Bud" Abernathy (December 17, 1899 – March 6, 1979) and Temple Reeves "Temp" Abernathy (March 25, 1904 – December 10, 1986) were children from Oklahoma who, without adult supervision, took several cross-country trips. On one trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan in 1910 when they were 10 and 6 years old. [1]
From trying to stay out of trouble to making all of it, the experiences were as varied as the families these kids belonged to.View Entire Post ›
OPINION: Social media is giving latchkey kids a moment which is something my kids will know nothing about The post I was one of those latchkey kids back in the ’80s and ’90s—my kids would ...
The culmination of her work was published in The Handbook for Latchkey Children and Their Working Parents (with Thomas J. Long) [20] and On My Own: The Kids Self-Care [21] as well as in dozens of articles. Long's research on Latchkey Children has been reported by every major news outlet and in hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. [22] [23]
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Latchkey Kids is an upcoming American black comedy film [1] directed by John J. Budion and starring Elsie Fisher and Alan Kim. [2] Plot. Shae, a very smart nine year ...
Still, the economic recession of the 70s, 80s and 90s and the relatively hands-off upbringing these latchkey kids experienced as a result might have contributed to the lack of trust in society and ...