There was a time when coming home to an empty house was normal.
A key on a string, a quiet kitchen, and a few hours to yourself before anyone else got home.
In this episode, we talk about what it meant to be a latchkey kid—how that season shaped independence, resilience, and sometimes loneliness. We reflect on the silence of those afternoons, the small responsibilities we learned early, and the way those moments still echo into adulthood.
