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Self-Care
Children Home Alone
By Kaira M. Hayes, MS

Introduction

Parent Concerns

Is My Child Ready?

Successful Self-Care

Special Case: Siblings

References

Resources

Mayer, D. (1990). At home alone: Safety tips for latchkey children . Manitoba Child Care Association. Specific strategies to parents of any country on keeping their self-care children safe at home.

Home Safety Council (2001, August 3). After school home safety (press release). Available: www.homesafetycouncil.org (select "News" and scroll to 8/3/2001) A very good article that is geared specifically toward self-care kids.

Your Family's Health (n.d.). Home alone: Safety tips for working parents with latchkey kids. Available: Safety tips and strategies to help ensure that the self-care child remains safe and does not develop behavior problems or begin to engage in risk behaviors.

Websites

Canada Child and Family - Targeted toward Canadian parents but the advice is universal.

Home Safety Council

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Kaira M. Hayes, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, and near completion of a PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel University, Philadelphia. This article was prepared for inclusion in the forthcoming second edition of Helping Children at Home and School (National Association of School Psychologists).
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