a latchkey child

a latchkey child/kid

(mainly American)

a child who is often in the house alone because both parents are at work My dad came home at seven in the evening and my mom only an hour earlier so I was a latchkey kid.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maxine	mak-SEEN	English
VÖLundr	-	Norse Mythology
Louie	['lu:i]
Nat	NAT	English
Emma	EM-ə (English), EM-mah (Finnish), E-mah (German)	English, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, German, An
Temujin	-	History