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Americas Middle School Latchkey Children Children who stay home alone either for a few hours after school during the school year or for the summer months are commonly referred to as latchkey children The phrase latchkey originates from the early 19th century when children in a similar situation would wear the key to their home tied to a string they wore around their neck and were responsible for their own care Families living on one income is a rarity making it almost unperceivable to think of a parent being home on a daily basis to greet their child when heshe comes home from school The birth of the two income household was the beginning of the Latch Key Kid Many parents are forced into this situation due to various reasons One of the most common reasons is when a child becomes too old for a babysitter usually when they become a preteen According to the After school Alliances recent study 143 million children 4 million of them being in middle school head home after school each day to empty houses Our elementary schools are great about providing after school programs for their students and there are always day cares willing to get children off he bus and take care of them until parents arrive But what about the middle school children those children in grades 6th-8th ages 10 - 14 When school is out many of them go home to an empty house fix a snack and then veg out The hours between 3-6pm on school days referred to by law enforcement officials as a danger zone juvenile crimes are most likely to take place as well as children are most likely to become victims of violent crime be involved in all kind of accidents experiment with drugs or alcohol and become pregnant According to the website After-School All-Stars a disconnected community is in jeopardy of becoming an unsafe community Criminologist Robert J Sampson
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