latch-key child

Noun

 * 1)  A child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).

Translations

 * Danish: nøglebarn
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: lyklabarn
 * Norwegian: nøkkelbarn
 * Swedish: