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• Latchkey kid — or latchkey child refers to a child who returns from school to an empty home because his or her parents are away at work, or a child who is often left at home with little or no parental supervision.HistoryThe term refers to the latchkey of a door …   Wikipedia

• latchkey child — latchkey kid UK / US or latchkey child UK / US noun [countable] Word forms latchkey kid : singular latchkey kid plural latchkey kids Word forms latchkey child : singular latchkey child plural latchkey children a child whose parents work and who… …   English dictionary

• latchkey kid — UK / US or latchkey child UK / US noun [countable] Word forms latchkey kid : singular latchkey kid plural latchkey kids Word forms latchkey child : singular latchkey child plural latchkey children a child whose parents work and who returns from… …   English dictionary

• latchkey kid — noun see latchkey child * * * latchkey kid noun [countable] [singular latchkey kid plural latchkey kids] [singular …   Useful english dictionary

• latchkey —    (of a child)    arriving home to an empty house because neither parent is then available and specifically the mother is absent at work    With implications of parental neglect:     In a world of latchkey children, he said, children whose only… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• latchkey — also latch key, 1825, a key to draw back the latch of a door, from LATCH (Cf. latch) (n.) + KEY (Cf. key) (n.1). Latchkey child first recorded 1944, American English, in reference to children who come home from school while both parents are at… …   Etymology dictionary

• latchkey — [lach′kē΄] n. a key for drawing back or unfastening the latch of a door, esp. of an outer door, from the outside adj. [from the door key carried by such a child] designating, of, or having to do with a child or children who receive no supervision …   English World dictionary

• latchkey child — noun a school age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) • Hypernyms: ↑schoolchild, ↑school age child, ↑pupil * * * noun, pl ⋯ children [count] : a young… …   Useful english dictionary

• Singapore Children's Society — The Singapore Children s Society (abbrev: SCS; Chinese: 新加坡儿童社会) is a charitable organisation which looks after the welfare of children. It is committed to protect the physical, emotional and mental well being of disadvantaged children.HistoryThe …   Wikipedia

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• André Launay — André Joseph Launay is a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who writes in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew Laurance and Drew Lamark. He is the author of family dramas, psychic thrillers,… …   Wikipedia