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Latchkey Child

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Noun

1. 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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Latchkey Child

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

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Latchkey Child

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

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