latchkey

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Latchkey kids were those whose parents were working a lot or not home, so they grew up by and large unsupervised.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

And my partner, Marc Faletti, owns a record store called Latchkey in Philadelphia.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024

Latchkey Kid wants our future kids to have a babysitter until they’re about 13; Nanny Kid wants our future kids to have a nanny until college.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2019

Latchkey kids were especially attuned to “The Brady Bunch’s” nonsense, but we sensed the safety in it.

From Washington Post

Perhaps the least successful, however, is that entitled "On Losing a Latchkey."

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher