Ben Affleck admits his latch-key childhood wouldn’t be possible today

Ben Affleck is getting candid about the way he grew up.

During a recent appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," the 52-year-old "Gone Girl" star told the host about the freedom he had as a child and how the way he was raised by his parents would be looked down upon today.

"I was thinking about it the other day. I would go to the movies. I was an actual latch-key kid. I walked to school," he explained. "Like from the first grade, I had a key with a piece of yarn around my neck and I went to school, and we wanted to see the movies.