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About YFH What's New ? Home Page Contact Us Home Alone - Safety tips for working parents with Latchkey Kids “Home Alone” took on a whole new meaning after the movies about a youngster who found himself left behind in the family residence without his parents, and yet proved to be resourceful, fiercely independent, and successful in thwarting would-be intruders. These huge box-office comedy thrillers created another urban hero figure -- that of the super kid who is afraid of not ...

Some Safety Hints Periodically our sensibility is shocked when we read of something tragic happening to a child who is left unattended in the home during the hours after school before the parents come home from work. We are determined that we would never do anything so foolish. Parents are caught up by two pressures. One is the economic factor: the cost of child care. The other factor is the child himself, who feels he is too big to have a babysitter watch him. The State Department of ...

Sherwood Park Community Watch Presents LATCH KEY KIDS AT HOME ALONE How do you know if your child is old enough to be home alone? Your twelve-year-old comes home from school at 3:00; but you don't get home until 5:00. The child is home for those two hours every day. What do they do until you arrive? Most likely, they get a snack or talk on the phone, or maybe watch TV. But since you're not there, you worry. Like the majority of American parents who work and have thei ...

What's NewAbout AIFSSearch MediaResearchInformationDatabasesPublicationsListsConferencesSeminarsCoursesLinks This article has been reproduced from FAMILY MATTERS no.33 December 1992, pp.52-54 Self Care for School Aged Children Gay Ochiltree Children alone in the home are the focus of community concern; for parents, such a situation is often a cause of anxiety and guilt. These children are often referred to as 'latch-key' children, a term which has negative connotation ...

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KidsHealth > Kids > Watch Out > Playing It Safe Around the House > When It's Just You After School Did you ever see the movie Home Alone? The lead character, a young boy, gets left behind while his parents go on vacation. Now, that's not too realistic, but plenty of kids are home alone after school until their parents get home. The boy in the movie had many different feelings about being alone. Sometimes he was happy about having the house to himself. Sometimes he was lonely ...