Hushe village is door to some of the exotic mountains and glacier with extreme weather condition and very tough daily life of inhabitants. While on my way to the village, I requested many children for a photograph and only boys comfortably posed for picture until I saw this girl and her sibling emerging from street, I pointed my camera and she paused for a moment I snapped around 5 or 6 clicks and tried to approach her, she fled instantly with no second chance of second photo. While reviewing picture, I realized she was carrying a key around her neck, it compelled me to search for a term used for a kid who carries a key, found its a long social topic which I never thought about.

Awesome pic. Please share more about the subject.

You can't leave us hanging like that, we need to know more about Latchkey kids.

What he said!!!

Came across many articles while searching internet. it seems like in western countries it has been discussed/practiced much more than our part of world, may be due to the fact that not many women are working here, and joint family system so mostly there is always someone guarding a kid. Large number of women do work in agriculture sector as labor in non-mountainous areas, in mountainous areas, i saw many women managing their own farms and growing own food and fodder for animals. so quite possible parents of children in picture are just working in their farm while kids are hanging out in neighborhood.