Reply #8: Yes, at the same time you were. [View All]

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My folks divorced when I was four, and my mom went to work full-time shortly thereafter.

By the time I was 8 (1977), I was staying on my own after school-- oftentimes until fairly late in the evening, as my mother had to work late.

I grew up watching bad TV after school and playing with Star Wars figures. Since I was also an only child, I was a bit of a loner, and had a very active imagination-- which has served me very well in my adult life.

I was the only latchkey kid in my neighborhood, and sure it was rough sometimes, but I feel I gained a sense of maturity at a young age that my friends didn't get until they were teenagers. I'm also one of the few kids in my neighborhood who graduated college and got a career-- many of my playmates from that time are dead or in jail.