latchkey

Example Sentences

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I view that album in particular very much within the realm of a child who grows up in a latchkey situation.

From Los Angeles Times

She was a latchkey kid, raised in part by her grandparents.

From New York Times

Until the family moved to London, young Coxon was adrift, a latchkey kid drawing ghouls in his notebooks, unsure of his place in the world.

From Los Angeles Times

I remember being jealous of latchkey kids who got to do what they wanted, when they wanted.

From Seattle Times

The sisters were latchkey kids, getting themselves to school and completing their homework, until their paternal grandmother eventually moved in after emigrating from Korea.

From Washington Post