Download or read book Teaching Your Child to Be Home Alone written by Earl A. Grollman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1998-05-26 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A drastic increase in the number of single-parent homes and homes where both parents work has produced generations of latchkey kids. It is often difficult for parents to know when their child is mature enough to be left unsupervised and for children to express their own fears of being home alone.