Jennifer Garner

I remember, my mom didn't have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, we'd just go down to the neighbors' and she'd give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There weren't any latchkey kids.

American Actress

Loni Love

I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it.

American Comedian

Jim Rash

I was very much a latchkey kid. My parents would feel the back of the television to make sure I hadn't been watching it when they were gone, which inevitably I was.

American Actor

Doug Ose

There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean.

American Politician

Eric Braeden

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

Letitia Baldrige

We're a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manners so that children have respect for others.

American Writer

Lara Flynn Boyle

To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.

Jonathan Banks

I was a latchkey kid from the time I was 7 years old.

Roy Choi

I was a latchkey kid, from 4 or 5 years old.

South Korean Chef

Redfoo

American Musician

A latchkey is crucial for home access. Protect it to prevent lockouts or security issues.

Safekeeping Essential

Giving someone a latchkey indicates trust, as it gives them access to your home.

Trust Implication

A latchkey can be crucial in emergencies, ensuring someone can enter if needed.

Emergency Preparedness

The term 'latchkey kid' often implies the child has responsibilities beyond their years.

Independence Clue

The concept of a 'latchkey child' can highlight social issues such as parental work schedules.

Societal Issue

'Latchkey' in context implies that the child has to manage without adult assistance.

Self-Sufficiency

 not the shiny exception. I am the exception. I was raised by a quietly fierce single mother in Rochester, New York. I was bussed to a school in the suburbs, from a neighborhood that many of my classmates and their parents considered dangerous. At eight, I was a latchkey kid.