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So just wondering if everyone leaves there front door unlocked or locked I have a some parents that walk in and some will knock, but sometimes I'll be in bAthroom and I'll hear knock knock, iam like omg!
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The only time my door is unlocked is during scheduled drop offs and pick ups. I let all parents know that due to safety concerns the door will be locked at all other times. -
I ALWAYS have my door locked. They need to knock.Comment
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My families walk in. I find it odd. I would knock......Comment
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I have an automatic lock on my front door. It's always locked. I have one parent that has the code, the rest have to knock or ring the doorbell.Comment
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Some other threads about locked/unlocked doors
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I keep my door unlocked. I tell my parents just to come in when they get here because my front door is in the daycare room anyways and also sometimes we are outside (unfortunately, they have to walk through the house to get to the backyard) or are doing something. I'm also comfortable knowing that I live in a safe neighborhood or else I wouldn't leave it unlocked.Comment
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My parents come down the side yard and through a sliding glass door that goes right into the daycare room.
I unlock it when the parents are dropping off and then lock it once everyone is here.
I unlock it after nap and the lock it again after the kids are all gone.
I will also lock it during pick up and drop off if I have to leave the room (ex. go to the bathroom, feed the dogs)
Im more worried about kids running outside vs someone coming into my house.Comment
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I keep our doors locked, no exceptions.
Last year, my younger son's child care provider was held-up at gunpoint and the teachers were robbed. The man simply walked in just as the last parent was leaving. (The provider kept the doors unlocked during dropoff and pick ups, but locked the rest of the day.) That last parent didn't even know the man wasn't a parent b/c he walked in like he belonged and figured he dropping something off.
Getting that call was heart wrenching. Thank God everyone was okay....but they never did catch the man and I still wonder exactly what happened and what my son witnessed. :confused:
Granted, this happened in a different country, but I'm still not taking any chances.Comment
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I keep mine locked. I have only had 1 mom that would just walk right in every morning and night. Drove me nuts. She scared the crap out of me one day when I turned around in my kitchen and there she was. Gave me a heart attack!! This is my home first, daycare second. The door was usually locked, but sometimes if someone just left or my kids were in or out they would forget to lock. So after a few months of her continuing to try the door and it was locked, she finally started knocking. Another reason I like to lock it is that when the kids come in in the morning, they stand right inside the door and take their coats off. WEll, if you just walk in and open the door, you're going to knock them over. I have a very small room when you come in the door.Comment
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Parents are allowed to walk-in at pick-up. At drop-off they knock.
I have one annoying one that picks up dcb for preschool in the middle of the day and she knocks and then knocks again within about two seconds and then won't stop.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Locked always. They must knock. Security reasons.
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Locked. Always.
It's a home....not a public building. I would never just open the door and walk into someone's else's home, and I expect that same respect.
Some say that parents should be able to walk in un-announced to check up on their children. I feel that if a parent has so little faith in me that they can't wait just a few seconds for me to open the door...then they need to go elsewhere.
My own children are all grown, but I would not have left them in a home or center where people could wander in off the street.Comment
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