Generation X

is also called the 'latchkey generation' since they often 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.

The time period of the Gen X childhood saw an increase in latchkey children, leading to the terminology of the 'latchkey generation' for Generation X.[44][45] 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 to increased maternal participation in the workforce at a time before childcare options outside the home were widely available.[45][46][47][48][49][50] McCrindle Research Center described the cohort as 'the first to grow up without a large adult presence, with both parents working', stating this led to Gen Xers being more peer-oriented than previous generations.[41]

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