Do You Keep Your Doors Locked During The Day?

[Familycare71]

Mine was always unlocked until last week. We bought a new front door, and added a key-pad handle while we were at it. I love it! It locks automatically after 30 seconds.

I want to get the door lock with a key pad and remote. That way I could always keep it locked and unlock it as people come
I currently leave it unlocked for drop off, locked during the day, unlocked once SA get home and through pick ups. I live in a raised ranch so I would have to do too many trips to unlock for each parent- but when we are in the dc room I can't see the door so I like it locked

[daycare]

where I live, I have to have an emergency egress door handle. My front door is always unlocked from the inside, but always locked from the outside.

I actually prefer it this way, I have full control of when parents come in. Often when my first drop off arrives, I am running down the hall still changing my clothes as I run towards the door to open it. I can only imagine if my front door was not locked...oh boy.....

[Cradle2crayons]

I live way out rural and then another 300 yards from the road. It looks just like you are turning into the woods.

The doors are always unlocked here..as well as the camper and the vehicles.

[spud912]

We live in a city with one of the highest theft rates in the nation. Our neighborhood is nice and we've still had things stolen out of our vehicles when we forgot to lock them. Plus I've had some shady people knock on the door before. The doors are always locked. Not only that, but my children are definitely capable of opening the front door. They know not to, but I don't want to risk a one time lapse in memory. For the safety of everyone, the door stays locked ALL the time (deadbolt at the bottom and locked at the top).

[Scout]

I keep mine unlocked in morning from firat drop off to last, then lock it until pick up time.

[hope]

I keep unlocked for the few minutes at drop off and pick up time. I live in great neighborhood where nothing ever happens. But you never know, so I keep alarm on and doors locked all day besides those few minutes each day.

[LoraJenkins]

After having our vehicles broken into several times, I always lock the doors. Parents know this and understand that I am here alone with the children. It's for the children's safety as much as my own.

[Laurel]

Mine are always locked. Parents knock when they arrive and I'll let them in and relock it when they leave.

[e.j.]

My front door is always locked because we really don't use it. The back door is the entrance my own family and the dc families use. I keep that unlocked most of the time although I did lock it temporarily a few years ago.

I had been waiting with my dd at the bus stop about a mile up the road. A man stopped by in his truck and asked if we needed help. I explained we were just waiting for the bus and he left. After getting dd on the bus and returning home, I was about to hop into the shower to get ready for day care when I happened to glance out the window. The man in the truck was sitting across the street from my next door neighbor's house, kind of kitty corner from my house. It made me incredibly nervous. After that, I started locking my back door once all of the dc kids arrived for the day. Nothing ever happened so I gradually felt more comfortable leaving it unlocked. Once in awhile I'll hear something in the news that makes me feel as though I should the doors locked at all times but for the most part, I'm in a low traffic/low crime area so I don't worry about it too much.

[Sunchimes]

Mine is always locked. I live on a main street with a lot of foot traffic and because of my previous business, well, it's a small town and there are too many people who know where I live.

The other reason is that we live in an old, vintage house. Some days the front door will latch and some days it won't, depending on the weather and how the blackland soil feels about shifting that day. We have indoor cats who stalk that door, just waiting for it to drift open so that they can go play in the street. I have it in my handbook that parents should always make sure the door is locked after they come in, and I make sure it's relocked when they leave. It's become automatic for everyone.

[dbslas]

Ours is usually locked, with the exception of morning and afternoon drop-off. For those brief periods where it is unlocked we have a sensor in front of the door, and when someone comes in or is on the porch the bell goes off -- it sounds like 7-11 and is sooo annoying. Even the kids now repeat the sound of it: ding-dong, ding-dong. Ugh!

[MarinaVanessa]

I live near a busy road but my street has no outlet and only the residents and our guests drive on it. I live in a townhouse condominium complex and so its pretty private. Even then I always keep my doors locked. I have a Schlage Link door handle with keyless entry system (you enter a code into the pad) and I'm able to give each of my clients their own code. The outside is always locked but of you're inside you can use the handle and geyvout without having to unlock anything.

I lock my doors because in my city we always have at least 15 burglaries each week and they are mostly because people leave doors or windows unlocked. Sometimes people are home! Apparently people just walk around from door to door sometimes knocking then of no one answers they try the doors and windows sometimes even trying the garages. I personally just feel safer locking my doors.

[caregiver]

My doors are always locked. In the summer if I have my front entry door open so that the screen door lets in fresh air, I always will have the screen door locked. I live in a metropolitan area and I just don't feel comfortable leaving my doors unlocked at all. Even after the kids have gone home and it is just my husband and myself, I still keep the doors locked. My daycare parents have told me time and time again that they are so glad that I keep the doors locked, it makes them feel that their child is being kept safer.

[mamac]

I always keep my door locked except for the few minutes before I am expecting an arrival or pickup. I've got 2 families that show up within 15 minutes of each other in the morning and I lock it between them. I don't want people showing up and walking in if I am in the middle of doing something else in another part of the house and I can't hear them coming in.

I have an open door policy that says they can come by anytime but that it does not mean my doors will be unlocked for them when they get here.

[Unregistered]

doors locked to keep the creeps out

Ok so it seems like at least once a month I get something in the mail from the city or whatever with information about which sex offenders are being released and what they did and how they did it etc. Also photos are sent with these. I also have a known drug house down the road so yes, all the doors and windows are locked and kids are told to leave them alone for there own safety. They get it and I feel safe and they feel safe and parents feel safe.