"in 1942, due to the phenomenon of children being left home alone during World War II, when the father would be enlisted into the armed forces and the mother would need to get a job. Given that the ""Discussion Club"" participants are all familiar with the term and allude to it being in colloquial usage, it likely predates 1942. In general, the term latchkey designates ""those children between the ages of five and thirteen who care for themselves after the school day until their parents or guardians return home"". More specifically for their purposes, the San Marino (CA) Public Library"
"Latchkey kid A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home with little parental supervision, because their parent or parents are away at work. The term refers to the latchkey of a door to a house. The key is often strung around the child's neck or left hidden under a mat (or some other object) at the rear door to the property. The term seems to first appear in a CBC radio program called ""Discussion Club – Topic: How War Affects Canadian Children"""
"has defined a Library Latchkey Child as ""one who on a regular basis is required by their parents or guardian to remain at the public library for extended periods of time after school in lieu of day care. 'Regular basis' is defined as three or more days per week. 'Extended period' is defined as two or more hours per day"" (American Library Association 12). The term latchkey kid became commonplace to describe members of Generation X, who according to a 2004 marketing study, ""went through its all-important, formative years as one of the least parented, least nurtured generations in U.S."
"history."" Latchkey kids were prevalent during this time, a result of increased divorce rates and increased maternal participation in the workforce, at a time before childcare options outside the home were widely available. These latchkey children, referred to as ""day orphans"" in the 1984 documentary, ""To Save Our Children to Save Our Schools"", mainly came from middle or upper-class homes. The higher the educational attainment of the parents, the higher the odds the children of this time would be latchkey kids. The effects of being a latchkey child differ with age. Loneliness, boredom and fear are most common for those"
"time period of the Gen X childhood saw an increase in latchkey children, leading to the terminology of the ""latchkey generation"" for Generation X. These latchkey children lacked adult supervision in the hours between the end of the school day and when a parent returned home from work in the evening, and for longer periods of time during the summer. Latchkey children became common among all socioeconomic demographics, but were particularly common among middle and upper class children. The higher the educational attainment of the parents, the higher the odds the children of this time would be latchkey children, due"
"on latchkey kids. Calls can be made by community organizations or by volunteers. Automatic calling programs such as Call Reassurance call households during the week after children arrive home and require the child to answer the phone and positively acknowledge that he or she is okay. If the call is not answered, automatic calls can likewise be sent to the parents, police, or other response centers. Latchkey kid A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home with little parental supervision, because their"
"""a spanky child"" was late-19th- to early-20th-century slang for an intelligent, gifted toddler. Spanky was an example of such a child in his earliest movies—a toddler who could act—so the name had meaning to the movie-going audience of that era that was lost for later generations. Use of the ""Spanky"" name by McFarland for subsequent business or personal activities was expressly granted to McFarland in one of his studio contracts. In later years some family members would affectionately refer to him as ""Spank."" Upon being discovered at age three, he instantly became a key member of the ""Our Gang"" children's"
"Larrikin Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning ""a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good hearted person"", or ""a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions"". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term generally meant ""a lout, a hoodlum"" or ""a young urban rough, a hooligan"", meanings which became obsolescent. The term ""larrikin"" was reported in an English dialect dictionary in 1905, referring to ""a mischievous or frolicsome youth"". The word ""lupikin"", from Scottish Gaelic ""lubaiche"", in the Cromarty Fisherfolk dialect, meaning ""scoundrel"", is unlikely to be cognate. Commentators have noted the"
"Preacher's kid Preacher's kid is a term to refer to a child of a preacher, pastor, deacon, vicar, lay leader, priest, minister or other similar church leader. Although the phrase can be used in a purely descriptive way, it may also be used as a stereotype. Children of clergy often experience pressure due to the expectations placed on them, and may develop feelings of isolation and inner conflict as a result. Parental workload (which, by definition, includes working on the weekend) may also be a source of stress. Some writers suggest that there is a ""preacher's kid syndrome"", in which"
"an effort to increase the number of Florida State Historical Markers honoring women. At the time of her initial research in 2017, only six of the 950 markers in the State of Florida specifically honored women. Long is a frequent public speaker often discussing her research on the lack of symbolic representation of women and its psychological impact on women and girls. Long is responsible for coining the term latchkey kid and bringing to national attention the hidden plight of latchkey children. A former elementary and middle school principal, Long noticed her students wearing house keys on chains around their"
"necks. She interviewed these students and found that they were often lonely or afraid during the two or three hours they spent home alone after school. These initial conversations led to exhaustive research, hundreds of interviews with latchkey children, their parents, and former latchkey children. The culmination of her work was published in The Handbook for Latchkey Children and Their Working Parents (with Thomas J. Long) and On My Own: The Kids Self-Care Book as well as in dozens of articles. Long's research has been reported by every major news outlet and in hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. Long"
"understand. This process can lead to abnormal hesitation when speaking, stuttering, and frustration on the part of the child. Child prodigy A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer. The term wunderkind (from , literally ""wonder child"") is sometimes used as a synonym for child prodigy, particularly in media accounts. ""Wunderkind"" also is used to recognize those who achieve success and acclaim early in their adult careers. PET scans performed on several mathematics prodigies have suggested"
"Child prodigy A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer. The term wunderkind (from , literally ""wonder child"") is sometimes used as a synonym for child prodigy, particularly in media accounts. ""Wunderkind"" also is used to recognize those who achieve success and acclaim early in their adult careers. PET scans performed on several mathematics prodigies have suggested that they think in terms of long-term working memory (LTWM). This memory, specific to a field of expertise, is"
"Child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began their acting career as a child. To avoid confusion, the latter is also called a ""former child actor"". Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults. Lindsay Lohan and Macaulay Culkin are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a"
"the UK, the punishment is often known as the naughty chair or naughty step. This term became popular in the US thanks to two reality TV series, ""Supernanny"" and ""Nanny 911"". The concept of time-out was invented, named, and used (see Child Magazine, 2006, ""20 People who Changed Childhood"") by Arthur W. Staats in his extended work with his daughter (and later son), and was part of a long-term program of behavioral analysis beginning in 1958 that treated various aspects of child development. He introduced various elements that later composed foundations for applied behavior analysis and behavior therapy. (The token"
"Generation X Generation X or Gen X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the Millennials. There are no precise dates for when Generation X starts or ends. Demographers and researchers typically use birth years ranging from the early-to-mid 1960s to the early 1980s. Generation Xers were children during a time of shifting societal values and as children were sometimes called the ""latchkey generation"", due to reduced adult supervision as children compared to previous generations, a result of increasing divorce rates and increased maternal participation in the workforce, prior to widespread availability of childcare options outside the"
"child syndrome. Adopted child syndrome Adopted child syndrome is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in adopted children that are claimed to be related to their adoptive status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, attachment disorders, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence. The term has never achieved acceptance in the professional community. The term is not found in the American Psychiatric Association's ""Diagnostic and Statistical Manual"", 4th edition, TR. David Kirschner, who coined the term, says that most adoptees are not disturbed and that the syndrome only applies to ""a small clinical subgroup""."
"society. Research has been done on American TCKs to identify various characteristics: Third culture kid Third culture kids (TCK) are people raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of the country named on their passport (where they are legally considered native) for a significant part of their early development years. They are often exposed to a greater variety of cultural influences. The term can refer to both adults and children, as the term ""kid"" points more to an individual's formative or developmental years, but for clarification, sometimes the term adult third culture kid (ATCK) is used."
"several popular child actors at MGM during the early 1940s, and was educated at the studio's school along with other youngsters under contract to the studio such as Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, Claude Jarman Jr. and Darryl Hickman. He was regarded as a ""scene-stealer"" and was notable among the studio's child stars for not being conventionally ""cute"". He was described by film writers Sol Chaneles and Albert Wolsky as ""an audience favourite as an all-American boy [with a] space between his teeth, freckles and a tousled mop of hair – a marked contrast to the pretty children who usually appeared"
"children"" also cites family therapist and hypnotherapist Milton Erickson as a source, and reprints parts of a case of Erickson's published in 1961. The report describes the case of a divorced mother with a non-compliant son. Erickson advised the mother to sit on the child for hours at a time and to feed him only on cold oatmeal while she and a daughter ate appetizing food. The child did increase in compliance, and Erickson noted, with apparent approval, that he trembled when his mother looked at him. Cline commented, with respect to this and other cases, that in his opinion"
"the little boy who points out that the Emperor is stark naked"". In the late 1940s Lancaster developed a repertory company of characters in whose mouths he put his social and political jokes. The star character was Maudie, Countess of Littlehampton, who managed to be shrewd and flighty simultaneously. She began as what her creator called ""a slightly dotty class symbol"", but developed into ""a voice of straightforward comment which might be my own"". Maudie's political views were eclectic: ""on some matters she is far to the right of Mr Enoch Powell, and on others well to the left of"
"recall childhood experiences and emotions. In its prospective role, the child archetype is a representation of future potentialities and psychological maturation. The child archetype is portrayed in media in various ways. It can take the form of a child who displays adult-like qualities, giving, for example, wise advice to their friends, or vice versa (like Raymond in the film ""Rain Man""). More generally, ""the child star can be conceptualized as a modern manifestation of the ancient archetype of the wonder-child"". Child archetype The child archetype is a Jungian archetype, first suggested by psychologist Carl Jung. In more recent years, author"
"discipline that starts with the very small child.The term Baby Scoop Era is similar to the term Sixties Scoop, which was coined by Patrick Johnston, author of ""Native Children and the Child Welfare System"". ""Sixties Scoop"" refers to the Canadian practice, beginning in the 1960s and continuing until the late 1980s, of apprehending unusually high numbers of Native children over the age of 5 years old from their families and fostering or adopting them out. A similar event happened in Australia where Aboriginal children, sometimes referred to as the Stolen Generation, were removed from their families and placed into internment"
"lived together and called themselves mates. Supportive relationships were found among girls sent to industrial schools or reformatories, for example Biloela Industrial School. These girls often engaged in violent behaviour, smashed windows, sang songs with obscene lyrics and had no desire to become respectable women. Larrikin Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning ""a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good hearted person"", or ""a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions"". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term generally meant ""a lout, a hoodlum"" or ""a young urban rough, a hooligan"", meanings"
"Replacement child Replacement child is a term used to refer to a child conceived shortly after the parents have lost another child. It was coined by psychologists Albert C. Cain and Barbara S. Cain in 1964. In 1980, clinicians Robert Krell and Leslie Rabkin identified three types of replacement child: the ""haunted"" child, who lives in a family overwhelmed by guilt and silence, the ""bound"" child, who is incomparably precious and sometimes over-protected, and the ""resurrected"" child, who is treated as a reincarnation of the dead sibling. Artists Vincent van Gogh and Salvador Dalí, who both had brothers of the"
"by the context whether the term is being used to describe a hobo or The Man. In the World War II era the slang term re-emerged with a modified meaning, where G.I.s on extended deployment in Asia or Europe (unofficially) employed children to perform the daily mundane tasks so common in the military like tending to barracks, shining boots, and the like, so a G.I. who employed a houseboy coasted through this work and had an ""easy ride"". Eventually young native women were hired to tend to individual living quarters and soon became lovers as well as maids. When these"
"Hong Kong Kids phenomenon ""Hong Kong Kids"" or ""Kong Kids"" (Kong Hai; Chinese: 港孩) is an expression, often derogatory, that refers to children or teenagers in Hong Kong who, among other undesirable traits, are overly dependent, have low emotional intelligence and have weak self-management skills. The term ""Kong Kids"" was coined in 2009 in a book titled ""Kong Kids: The Nightmares for Parents and Teachers"" published by MingPao (a local Chinese newspaper publisher). The book summarizes five negative characteristics common in children born in Hong Kong after the 1990s. The book cited parents who spoil their children from an early"
"Dude Dude is American English slang for an individual, typically male. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a ""city slicker"". In the 1960s, dude evolved to mean any male person, a meaning that slipped into mainstream American slang in the 1970s. Current slang retains at least some use of all three of these common meanings. The term “dude” may also have derived from the 18th Century word “doodle” as in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. In the"
"Adopted child syndrome Adopted child syndrome is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in adopted children that are claimed to be related to their adoptive status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, attachment disorders, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence. The term has never achieved acceptance in the professional community. The term is not found in the American Psychiatric Association's ""Diagnostic and Statistical Manual"", 4th edition, TR. David Kirschner, who coined the term, says that most adoptees are not disturbed and that the syndrome only applies to ""a small clinical subgroup"". Researchers Brodizinsky,"
"Kids: The Nightmares for Parents and Teachers"", written by Wong Ming Lok, Hong Kong Children are defined as those born from the middle of 90s to the early 2000s, which is an affluent era with information explosion. Other literature denote Kong Kids as the “3-low Kong Kid”. According to the newspaper article which originated this term, Hong Kong children have low autonomy, low emotion quotient and also low studying ability. Some of them do not help with the chores. They do not know how to change their clothes, shower themselves, tie the shoelaces and even tidy up Hong Kong children"
"from 1800. The term may have originated from the action of the caretaker ""sitting on"" the baby in one room, while the parents were entertaining or busy in another. It's also theorized that the term may come from hens ""sitting"" on their eggs, thus ""caring for"" their chicks. In British English the term refers only to caring for a child for a few hours, on an informal basis and usually in the evening when the child is asleep for most of the time. In American English the term can include caring for a child for the whole or most of"
"Poster child The term poster child (sometimes poster boy or poster girl) originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters or other media as part of a campaign to raise money or enlist volunteers for a cause or organization. Such campaigns may be part of an annual effort or event, and may include the name and age of a specific child along with other personally identifiable attributes. The definition of ""poster child"" has since been expanded to a person of any age whose attributes or behaviour are emblematic of a known"
"Explosive child Explosive children, or explosive kids, are children and adolescents described by Ross W. Greene in his books ""The Explosive Child"" and ""Lost at School"" as being compromised in the skills of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, resulting in frequent and sometimes severe temper outbursts and noncompliance. In his books, Greene delineates a treatment model (called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions) for helping such youth in families, schools, and restrictive therapeutic facilities. The term is partially captured in the diagnosis of Intermittent explosive disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Children identified as being explosive"