PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Psy
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Care at home or outside of home by relative. Historically, after-school programs have focussed on recreational activities like playing outside, doing crafts etc. But now focus on more academically enhancing activities. Many school-age children and adolescents receive no formal care after school left along to care for selves. Latchkey children children who car for selves term that originated more than 200 years ago to describe children raised door latch to enter own homes. Children and adolescents who spend after-school hours away from home unsupervised more prone to antisocial influences of peers and to engage in problem behaviour. Children who live in dangerous neighbourhoods more likely to be aggressive and to be less successful in school. Many people think 12 is earliest child should be left along to care for selves (after school etc. ) Can be harmful for several reasons: 1. Mental health and behavioural problems are more likely: 3.
