The Latchkey Kids: The Least Parented Generation
Born 1965 to 1980, the Latchkey Kids watched themselves ‘home alone’ while our parents paid the costs of 1970s hyperinflation (like today?)
Generation X, born from 1965 through 1980, is the least-parented generation. Our parents divorced in record numbers in an inflationary time like today.
“Our generation is considered the least parented generation, it’s true: look it up on Wikipedia,” Christina Pazsitzky explains in her first Netflix comedy special. “We dealt with crazy stuff like crack cocaine, and AIDS, and Friends.”
Hey Millennial: Have you ever heard of the Latchkey Kids?
“We were Latchkey Kids: You know what that is, Millenial?” Pazsitzky asks. “Is that a band? No, it’s not a band. You had a key to your own house. School would let out, and rather than arrange for proper childcare — you would let yourself into your own home — and then.”
Pazsitzky then stops, grins, and shrugs, “I don’t know. You could be alive by the time your mom got home.”
How the 1970s were like today
In 2021–22, Americans experienced 1970s-style sticker shock as gas prices skyrocketed…
