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A backpack and keys left on a curb outside a house as four kids ride bikes down the street AuDHD / Neurodivergency

The Pros and Cons of Being a GenX Latchkey Kid

Growing up as a Gen-X latchkey kid on Lakeside Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia meant coming home to empty houses, cooking dinner at eleven, and figuring everything out alone. Frank reflects honestly on how that unsupervised childhood built real capability, resilience, and problem-solving instincts while also leaving lasting wounds around emotional regulation, isolation, and decades of undiagnosed AuDHD.

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