A lot of school-age children are home alone during part of the day. The purpose of this study was to investigate school-age children's self-care, safety and readiness of self-care. Three hundred forty nine self-care children and their parents complete...
A lot of school-age children are home alone during part of the day. The purpose of this study was to investigate school-age children's self-care, safety and readiness of self-care. Three hundred forty nine self-care children and their parents completed the questionnaire designed to assess their actual conditions and perceptions of self-care arrangement. Data analysis showed that the self-care children exposed themselves to much danger and they were poorly prepared for self-care. So the necessity of the development of after-school programs for self-care children were discussed.