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latchkey children, minors who are often at home alone because their parents are at work. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``The libraries are a refuge for our communities, for young and old, and especially for our latchkey children who don't have a proper home environment and who use the libraries to do their homework after school,'' Antonovich said. X-ers were latchkey children at a rate three times higher than that of boomers, and consequently became self-reliant and used to being alone. Those with children, not surprisingly, want computer services, and there is general support for having the library play a role as a safe haven for latchkey children and adults who are functionally illiterate. |
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