31. Many Xperts predicted this would happen, because of all the instability Xers suffered as latchkey kids. 32. He also advises children not to wear a key around their necks or advertise being latchkey kids. 33. This is especially helpful for families with children who may forget a code and are latchkey kids. 34. Hansel and Gretel, who live in virtual isolation with their impoverished parents, are prototypical latchkey kids. 35. And busy women are blamed for everything from the proliferation of latchkey children to the decline of civic life. 36. More than a million latchkey kids come home to a house or apartment in which there is a gun. 37. -- Latchkey children need to come directly home from school and let an adult know they are home. 38. Latchkey children became common among all socioeconomic demographics, but were particularly common among middle and upper class children.39. The legality of the latchkey children's " alone time " varies with country, state and local area. 40. As a latchkey kid, I appreciated knowing there were safe places to go if there were ever an emergency.
