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vegoutmag.com -- Psychology says the generation that raised itself - home alone after school, resolving its own problems, feeding itself from whatever was in the cupboard — didn't come out damaged. It came out with a startling tolerance for solitude that the generations before and after genuinely cannot replicate. They learned early that being alone wasn’t an emergency. And that quiet self-reliance became a kind of emotional toughness few others ever had.
The term "latchkey kid" became common in the 1970s and 80s to describe children who came home to an empty house after school because both parents were working. С праздником восьмое марта!

Date: 2026-04-09 09:26 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ak_47

Так описывают как будто ужасные страдания. А всё наоборот. Пришёл домой, никто на мозги не капает и не донимает. Свобода!

Date: 2026-04-09 10:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ak_47

Хорошая поговорка. Не слышал раньше.

Потерялась и нашлась