In China, "left-behind children", also called "stay-at-home children", are children who remain in rural regions of the country while their parents leave to work in urban areas. In many cases, these ch
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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
Left-behind children in China
…Kinship care, children in the US and Great Britain who are raised by grandparents or other relatives Latchkey kid, a child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home alone…
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