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Peer reviewedNichols, Ann Weaver; Schilit, Rebecca – Child Welfare, 1988
Analyzes age and sex differences among children and adolescents who call KIDLINE, a community telephone service that provides information, support, and assistance to latchkey children. Finds that most calls come from younger children, are conversational in nature, and are from females. Recommends hotlines only as supplements to organized child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Elementary Education, Hotlines (Public)
Peer reviewedKraizer, Sherryll; And Others – Child Welfare, 1990
Rural, urban, and suburban parents of 447 children were surveyed to determine patterns of children's self-care. Sixteen children received simulated telephone calls and package deliveries while they were in self-care. Results indicate these children were at risk: vulnerable to individuals from the outside. Questions to be addressed by subsequent…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Latchkey Children
Peer reviewedTuttle, William M., Jr. – Child Welfare, 1995
Suggests that concern for "latchkey" children during World War II was hyperbolic. Examines the variety of successful solutions parents devised for child day care: (1) day care arrangements made by families themselves; (2) Lanham Act child day care centers; (3) centers operated by private industry; and (4) the very successful Extended…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
Peer reviewedEngel, Rosalind E. – Child Welfare, 1982
Provides plot summaries of books for young readers two to nine years of age that present images of different types of family life. Books about the origin and development of families, family roles and relationships, alternate caretakers as well as books focusing on nonsexist roles, and emotions are briefly described. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Childrens Literature, Emotional Experience, Employed Parents
Peer reviewedPadilla, Mary Lou; Landreth, Garry L. – Child Welfare, 1989
Presents background information and reviews empirical research concerning the phenomenon of latchkey children. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education
