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Skills every latchkey kid should have Children, experts say, should have several basic skills before becoming latchkey kids, which include knowing the following:
How to lock and unlock a door.
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John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
The book tells the extraordinary and inspiring journey of Craig Kelly, a latchkey kid whose athletic prowess and innovations would revolutionize winter sports, take him around the globe, and push him into ever more extreme environments that would ultimately take his life.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Fittingly for a children’s comedy (albeit one that hinges on characters being virgins), the centuries-old vampire resembles a Scooby-Doo villain in his utter inability to outsmart a group of latchkey kids.
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—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Ashley was a latchkey kid who has never been afraid of rolling up her sleeves.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
The book tells the extraordinary and inspiring journey of Craig Kelly, a latchkey kid whose athletic prowess and innovations would revolutionize winter sports, take him around the globe, and push him into ever more extreme environments that would ultimately take his life.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Fittingly for a children’s comedy (albeit one that hinges on characters being virgins), the centuries-old vampire resembles a Scooby-Doo villain in his utter inability to outsmart a group of latchkey kids.
17.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Ashley was a latchkey kid who has never been afraid of rolling up her sleeves.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Latchkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latchkey. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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latchkey
noun
latch·key
ˈlach-ˌkē 
: a key for opening a door latch
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