latchkey child

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latchkey child

A usually school-age child who regularly spends part of the day unsupervised at home while the parents are at work.

latchkey child

a child who has to let himself in at home on returning from school, as his parents are out at work

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latchkey child - a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)

school-age child, schoolchild, pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

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latchkey child

n → Schlüsselkind nt

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Clement, a latchkey child whose "mother has grown listless since her husband deserted her," nevertheless

"The Kindergarten of New Consciousness": Gwendolyn Brooks and the ... by Flynn, Richard / African American Review

From this arose latchkey (1825) and -- just 50 years ago -- latchkey child, sometimes called doorkey child, the socioeconomic label for "a young child of working parents who must spend part of the day unsupervised (as at home) -- called also latchkey kid" (Merriam-Webster's 10th).

Monogamy for the nineties: you can enjoy it serially or with Wheaties! by Wood, Alden / Communication World

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