latchkey child

1. 1.

   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)

   Broaderschoolchild

Questions about latchkey child

What does latchkey child mean?

latchkey child means "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)".

Is latchkey child a common word?

latchkey child is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.