The Latchkey Generation: How Bad Was It? - JSTOR Daily

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Generation X has been called “the latchkey generation,” a group of people whose personal identity was in part shaped by the independence of being left alone after school. In fact, memories of spending time home alone still shapes the parenting of some GenXers, who vowed never to repeat their parents’ mistakes. But how bad was life as a latchkey kid, anyway?

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