More children home alone in the school holidays

By Deborah Gough
Updated June 18 2014 - 7:08pm, first published 4:17pm
Parents seem more comfortable than they were a decade ago to leave their children unsupervised during school holidays.
Parents seem more comfortable than they were a decade ago to leave their children unsupervised during school holidays.

Ten appears to be the magic age for children to become "latch-key kids" left unsupervised by parents before or after school.

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