LatchKey Kids

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• It refers to children that return from school to an empty home.
• The term "latchkey kid" first appeared during WW2

Quiz

• What percentage of latchkey kids are doing poorly at school?
• What socioeconomic class is more likely to leave kids at home?

Why is this an issue?

More likely to:

• become depressed
• drink alcohol
• smoke cigarettes
• be a victim of a crime
• engage in underage sex

When is it OK?

• Only 14 states have legislation
• 9 are only guidlines
• mostly by parents discretion

What can we do?

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• Latchkey Kid. (2015, September 10). Retrieved September 24, 2015.
• Latchkey Kids Calling Program. (2015). Retrieved September 24, 2015.
• 1-2. (2010). In Teacher Cadet Student Guide (Tenth ed., Vol. 1). CERRA.
• Alston, F. (2010, July 9). Latch Key Children. Retrieved September 24, 2015.