latchkey
Example Sentences
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"Dinosaurs were more like latchkey kids," Holtz said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
His mother’s sister and brother-in-law helped care for them when they could, but he likened himself to a latchkey kid because of the amount of time he and his sister spent alone.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
Don’t tell helicopter parents, but the gleefully transgressive flicks that entertained a generation of latchkey wildlings are coming back in style.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Most of Perry's upbringing was in Ottawa, Canada, but he said he was a "latchkey kid" because his mother's job "just meant I spent a great deal of time alone".
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023
After-school junk food is another fundamental right of the latchkey child.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
