latchkey child

• Enfant qui rentre régulièrement de l'école dans une maison vide parce que ses parents travaillent, et qui porte généralement sa propre clé de la maison.

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.

   enfant à la clé au cou

   • 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.