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Blogophilia Week 35.17 – Latchkey Kids
Greetings, Dear Blogophilians! Welcome to Week 35 of Year 17!
Greetings, Earth writers! This week’s Blogophilia the topic is latchkey kids—those independent youngsters who came home to an empty house, let themselves in with a key on a string, and learned resilience between after-school snacks and the hum of afternoon television. Explore the quiet courage, the jejune assumptions adults made about them, the piles of dirty clothes on the bedroom floor, and the bittersweet freedom of growing up a little too soon. Whether you were one, knew one, or imagine one from afar, we at the Blogophilia house encourage all Earthlings (and Martians) to join in and share your story! 🚀✍️
We want to thank you for joining in our weekly challenges! We greatly appreciate your participation, as we do want to continue – as long as we have enough writers contributing each week. So feel free to jump back in whenever you wish – don’t be shy. And keep up the wonderful writing, all!!! As always, we at Marvin house look forward to reading your amazing writes this week. Continue reading →
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