Thoughts on Parents Walking in...

[nanglgrl]

auto lock

My door lock has a code for parents. It is has an automatic lock feature so three seconds after the door closes it automatically locks. We couldn't be safer. I got tired of checking to make sure the door is locked after parents because they would forget often. Now it is always locked and I don't have to answer it. It was well worth the 300 bucks to buy and install it.

I think the lock code is a great idea. We have one on our front door but it does not lock automatically. It does however unlock with a code. It's on our front door though and my daycare has a separate access through the side of the house so parents aren't walking through my living area. Our lock sits low, where the deadbolt is, and my 3 year old knows how to unlock it on the inside (its just a deadbolt on the inside and then a thing with numbers on the outside) and then open the door so we installed a bracket at the top of the door out of children's reach to keep the door locked. What is your lock like on the inside? Do you have a link or name of it...I like the idea of it locking automatically, although I would use it for my non daycare door. I assume parents have your code so do you change it when they are no longer in your daycare or everyday or is it separate from the rest of your house?

[momma2girls]

Yeah, that is definately another thought, of a child walking out the door!!

[clep]

I think the lock code is a great idea. We have one on our front door but it does not lock automatically. It does however unlock with a code. It's on our front door though and my daycare has a separate access through the side of the house so parents aren't walking through my living area. Our lock sits low, where the deadbolt is, and my 3 year old knows how to unlock it on the inside (its just a deadbolt on the inside and then a thing with numbers on the outside) and then open the door so we installed a bracket at the top of the door out of children's reach to keep the door locked. What is your lock like on the inside? Do you have a link or name of it...I like the idea of it locking automatically, although I would use it for my non daycare door. I assume parents have your code so do you change it when they are no longer in your daycare or everyday or is it separate from the rest of your house?

Yes they all have one code. When a parent leaves I just change the code. My day care is in the basement and they have to go through my upstairs to the downstairs to get in. On days I am closed I just lock the actual door knob below the electronic lock so they can't "accidentally" walk in when I am closed.