latchkey
5
7.5
- noun
- /ˈlætʃˌki/
:
niño que regresa a casa solo
- It's important to check in on your latchkey children to ensure they feel safe while home alone.
- latchkey child
And his mom is one of my closest friends, but he was a latchkey kid.
- And his mom is one of my closest friends, but he was a latchkey kid.
- You know, my mom was like a latchkey teacher after school.
Examples
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More than two million are called latchkey kids who come home from school each afternoon to an empty house.
Academic text (1992) -
Thus, the Morristown, New Jersey, Neighborhood House offers not just anti-drug programs but a "homework" club open to all. Omaha's Social Settlement Association offers not just "professional counseling" but "friendship" clubs for groups ranging from "latchkey children" to adults.
Academic text (1992) -
I was what they call a latchkey kid.
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What we do have, is a lot of latchkey kids in the area.
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Yeah, I'm a latchkey kid, so I eat whatever I want.
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The ranks of single mothers continue to increase, resulting in more and more latchkey kids.
Blog text (7) -
Latchkey kids weren't a lifestyle choice.
Blog text (4) -
Funding for after-school programs increased in part due to concerns about the large number of latchkey children and evidence that juvenile crime peaked between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on school days.
Academic text (2009) -
Many parents worry about their latchkey children returning home to an empty house after school.
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As a latchkey kid, I learned to prepare my own snacks when I got home from school.
Synonyms
1
6.4
A child who comes home from school to an empty house and stays alone until parents return
Antonyms
Compounds
1
6.4
A child who comes home from school to an empty house and stays alone until parents return
How Supervised
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Latchkey used for a child comes from the idea of a child carrying a latchkey 'to open' the house after school. So a 'latchkey' child is one who goes into an empty home because their parents are away.