Odd Sentence Out - Latchkey Children

CAT 2023 Slot 2 · VARC · Medium · Verbal Ability

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Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.

  1. Self-care particularly links to loneliness, behavioural problems, and negative academic outcomes.
  2. "Latchkey children" refers to children who routinely return home from school to empty homes and take care of themselves for extended periods of time.
  3. Although self-care generally points to negative outcomes, it is important to consider that the bulk of research has yet to track long-term consequences.
  4. In research and practice, the phrase "children in self-care" has come to replace latchkey in an effort to more accurately reflect the nature of their circumstances.
  5. Although parents might believe that self-care would be beneficial for development, recent research has found quite the opposite.
Answer

3

Explanation

Sentences 2-4-5-1 form a coherent sequence defining latchkey children, explaining the term shift to 'children in self-care', and discussing parent perception vs recent research showing negative outcomes. Sentence 3 introduces a meta-commentary about lack of long-term tracking which deviates from the core flow of defining and summarizing current research findings.

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