latchkey child

• Ein Kind, das regelmäßig nach der Schule nach Hause kommt, wenn die Wohnung leer ist, weil seine Eltern arbeiten, und das meist einen eigenen Wohnungsschlüssel bei sich trägt.

A child who regularly returns home from school to an empty house because their parents are away at work, typically carrying their own house key.

1. Child home aloneB2formal

   A child who returns from school to an empty home because their parents are at work, often carrying a key to let themselves in.

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   • Many latchkey children learn to become independent at a young age.
   • The school started an after-school program for latchkey children.
   • She was a latchkey child and had to prepare her own meals.