Latch Key Kids Families living on one income are a rarity, making it almost unperceivable to think of a parent being home on a daily basis to greet their child when he or she comes home from school. The birth of the two-income household was the beginning of the latch key kids (Dr. Heins, 1999). Today, about one third of all school-age kids, an estimated five million adolescents, so are so called latch key children. Many …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…provide safe, affordable care for those children whose parents are at work. Since this is not yet a reality, parents must work harder to meet their children’s needs and fulfill their work obligations. If a child is taught responsibility and self-discipline the task will be easier. Communication will also be a key element, keeping in mind that problems are more likely to develop in children who have little or no access to their parents.