Latchkey kid
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A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns to an empty home after school or a child who is often left at home with no supervision. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings wh
A child with keys to their home hanging from their neck
Lock and key
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A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object, by supplying secret information, by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one sid
Latchkey kid
…no supervision. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings who are also under the age of maturity for their community. The term refers to the latchkey of a door to a house or apartment. The key is often strung around the child's neck or left hidden under a mat (or some other object) at the rear door…
A typical modern padlock and its keys
Bronze lock in the form of a scorpion, from Nalanda, India, 10th century
Medieval Gothic lock, from the 15th–16th centuries, made of iron, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Drunk man's lock at the bottom (black lock) and a regular modern lock at the top