latchkey

Example Sentences

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"Dinosaurs were more like latchkey kids," Holtz said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

The exchange arrived in Season1, Episode 2, as Meghan detailed how she grew up as an average American latchkey kid who ate a lot of fast food.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

She mentions: "I was a latchkey kid, so I grew up with a lot of fast food and TV tray meals."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Don’t tell helicopter parents, but the gleefully transgressive flicks that entertained a generation of latchkey wildlings are coming back in style.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

After-school junk food is another fundamental right of the latchkey child.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead