| In this day and age and in this economy, most | | | | they look after themselves until a parent gets |
| people have no choice but to bring in at least two | | | | home. |
| incomes to support their family. | | | | Most adults have been guilty of misplacing a key, |
| What this means is that in single-parent homes, a | | | | but what happens if your child loses their key and |
| parent might have to work two jobs or take | | | | has nowhere to go until you get home? They |
| overtime shifts in their one job. In most "nuclear" | | | | would be so scared and upset that you can hardly |
| families, both parents work at least one job. That | | | | stand to think about it. |
| means there are probably more latchkey kids in | | | | This is when having a keyless locking system |
| California and the entire United States now than | | | | really benefits a family. You can find locks |
| there ever have been before. That's because | | | | operated by a combination code or a key that will |
| parents have limited options when it comes to | | | | work with your existing door. If your child is |
| providing care for their children, especially at a | | | | home from school before you get home and |
| certain age. | | | | they have the code, they will be able to let |
| In cases where a parent has no choice but to | | | | themselves in whether they have a key or not. |
| work and can't find childcare, and providing their | | | | Let your child help come up with the number you |
| child is old enough or mature enough, they're | | | | choose for the code to make it more likely he or |
| usually given a key to get in their house and then | | | | she remembers. |