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Peer reviewedLong, Lynette; Long, Thomas J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
As parental supervision declines, behavioral and psychological risks for young people increase. This study presents data outlining differences between regularly supervised and relatively unsupervised young adolescents in the ways they spend their time. Unsupervised teens' lifestyles are dramatically different from their supervised counterparts.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, High Risk Persons, Latchkey Children
Peer reviewedLong, Thomas J.; Long, Lynette – Peabody Journal of Education, 1987
The long hours that latchkey children are alone make them sexually vulnerable and provide them with increased opportunities to participate in sexual activity. Their sexual development is as likely influenced by peers, older siblings, television, movies, and books as by their parents. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Latchkey Children, Parent Child Relationship, School Age Day Care
