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FormorethansixmillionAmericanchildren,cominghomeafterschoolmeanscominghometoanempty

house.SomedealwiththesituationbywatchingTV.Somemayhide.Butallofthemhavesomethingin

common.Theyspendpartofeachdayalone.Theyarecalledlatchkeychildren.They'rechildrenwholook

afterthemselveswhiletheirparentswork.Andtheirbadconditionhasbecomeasubjectofconcern.

LynetteLongwasoncetheheadmistressofanelementaryschool.Shesaid,"Wehadaschoolruleagainst

wearingjewelry.Alotofkidshadchainsaroundtheirneckswithkeysfastened.Iwasconstantlytellingthem

toputtheminsidetheirshirts.Thereweresomanykeys.Itnevercametomymindwhattheymeant."Slowly,

shelearnedtheywerehousekeys.

Sheandherhusbandbegantalkingtothechildrenwhohadthem.Theylearnedoftheimpact(影响)

workingcouplesandsingleparentswerehavingontheirchildren.Fearisthebiggestproblemfacedbychildren

athomealone.OneineachthreelatchkeychildrentheLongstalkedtoreportedbeingscared.Manyhad

nightmaresandwereworriedabouttheirownsafety.

Themostcommonwaylatchkeychildrendealwiththeirfearsisbyhiding.Itmightbeinashowerstall,

underabed,orinacloset.ThesecondisTV.They'lloftenplayitathighvolume.It'shardtogetstatistics(情

况)onlatchkeychildren,thelongslearned.Mostparentsareslowtoadmittheyleavetheirchildrenalone.