“Latchkey Kids” is one book title which is stuck to my mind despite having read it more than 10 years ago.
I could no longer recall the author or what the story was about – but I do remember that latchkey kids is the term to call kids whose parents work and usually had to come home to an empty house or left with little parental supervision.
This came to mind after a conversation I had with friends on kids who had to latch themselves on their friend’s families for company and sometimes meals because their hard-working parents do not have the time to provide these – and not seeing the need to find a dedicated helper to at least make sure that food is prepared for these kids.
It is sad to know that this not only happens in cities where the pace of life is fast, where you can find niche jobs such as Mesothelioma lawyers and where people are basically too busy for anything but work – but in our small society too.
“No choice” seems to be the easiest excuse to justify an order of priorities which cannot be right.
