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I lock my front door during daycare hours, well all the time actually. We live in a fine area, but you just never know. Last Friday evening someone posted on our neighborhood fb page that there were 4 guys walking door to door and noone answered, so they don't know what they wanted, but it was after dark. I just have always locked. I have 1 dad that every single day he walks up and turns the handle of the door. One day I had obviously forgot and in he came. Scared the crap out of me. Another thing is, my front door is basically the central hub of my house. It is in the middle of the intersection so to speak of going to the kitchen/dining room, the hall to the playroom and the living room. He opens that door as a child is walking by and it's going to hurt someone. So every time I hear the door knob I say to myself, yup same as yesterday it's still locked. I just think it's rude and he does it at drop off and pick up.
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I'd invest in one of those locks that come with security codes you can give parents. I think you can make it so the code only works during certain hours/days.
I'd also think about some type of alarm that signals you when someone crosses a certain area while coming up your sidewalk toward your door.
I have a gated yard so the parents must walk through a gate in the fence to walk up the sidewalk to the door. I have a driveway alarm that buzzes inside when someone crosses through the gate.
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I have security cameras and I usually have it on my phone so I can watch to see when someone pulls, in but i was busy changing a baby when he came in the one time. The thing is, why is it so bad for him to wait 10 seconds for me to open the door? It does not take me more than that to get to the door. I'm afraid even with a code door, he may open it quickly with a child in front of it. Sometimes I"ve had kids there getting outside stuff on and I've had a parent start to open the door and I've had to yell wait wait!! Especially when he's the first one here alot of days, what if I'm running behind and indesposed hahahaComment
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My door is always locked as well and I have an alarm system engaged at all times. I don’t live in a rough neighbourhood but B&E’s don’t tend to happen in bad neighbourhoods! We get quite a few in this area and you can never be too careful.
Just keep it locked and let him wait!Comment
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I definitely wouldn't want parents having access to a lock code to my house. I've had parents try to drop off on closed days while my dog is loose (she's an outside dog that wanders around the garage and backyard during non daycare hours but is always in her kennel when daycare is open). She's protective of kids and bristles toward some men.
Although, I have forgotten to lock my door before also and an elderly woman that escaped from the nursing home tried to come in and claim our house as hers late one evening. A code might be nice for those types of incidents :
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One time I was closed and my own kids were eating breakfast while I was getting ready in the morning to go to appointments and a parent left her kid without telling anyone! Just walked in, left him, and left without a word
my daughter informed me he was here and when I called his mom she was ticked at me.
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They get a code that works only during their scheduled daycare hours. They don't get access any time they want.I definitely wouldn't want parents having access to a lock code to my house. I've had parents try to drop off on closed days while my dog is loose (she's an outside dog that wanders around the garage and backyard during non daycare hours but is always in her kennel when daycare is open). She's protective of kids and bristles toward some men.
Although, I have forgotten to lock my door before also and an elderly woman that escaped from the nursing home tried to come in and claim our house as hers late one evening. A code might be nice for those types of incidents ::
You can assign different codes to different people and assign times/days to each code as to when it works/doesn't work.
Like this: https://www.gokeyless.com/product/tr...touchbar-lock/
Other threads about coded or keyless entry locks
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I know i'm the odd one out, but I always leave mine unlocked for them to come in. Except I lock it when I go to the bathroom. I tell them if I go to the bathroom, I lock it so no kids can't just open the door and leave. ����
But yeah, I don't like the idea that I would be in the backyard holding a jar of paint and two toddlers are using the easel and the door bell is ringing, and maybe I don't even know it's ringing. I could be stuck out there awhile. I'd rather they let theselves in and come get their child and leave
Oh also my moms come as early as an hour before pickup sometimes. So, I can't just plan around the arrival time.
I don't mmind that either. Again, I think I'm odd with pick up times. But, I don't care if they come early announced. I like it get your child and go! Yay!
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I leave mine unlocked, too! We live in a small town, so I know all my families on a more personal level. Plus, we have a dog that lets us know when anyone pulls inI know i'm the odd one out, but I always leave mine unlocked for them to come in. Except I lock it when I go to the bathroom. I tell them if I go to the bathroom, I lock it so no kids can't just open the door and leave. ����
But yeah, I don't like the idea that I would be in the backyard holding a jar of paint and two toddlers are using the easel and the door bell is ringing, and maybe I don't even know it's ringing. I could be stuck out there awhile. I'd rather they let theselves in and come get their child and leave
Oh also my moms come as early as an hour before pickup sometimes. So, I can't just plan around the arrival time.
I don't mmind that either. Again, I think I'm odd with pick up times. But, I don't care if they come early announced. I like it get your child and go! Yay!
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I get a notification on my phone when someone is at my door and I always have my phone in my pocket. I'm like you, most of my parents I know almost exactly when they're coming, but I do have a couple that it's random from 3-5:15 depending on work. I guess you would have to see the layout of my house. With my door unlocked, I've had a couple of near misses of kids getting hit as they were in front of it by people that just walked in without even knocking. It's really not all that hard to wait 10 seconds for me to walk to it and open it. We do use our backyard also, but never during pickup times.I know i'm the odd one out, but I always leave mine unlocked for them to come in. Except I lock it when I go to the bathroom. I tell them if I go to the bathroom, I lock it so no kids can't just open the door and leave. ����
But yeah, I don't like the idea that I would be in the backyard holding a jar of paint and two toddlers are using the easel and the door bell is ringing, and maybe I don't even know it's ringing. I could be stuck out there awhile. I'd rather they let theselves in and come get their child and leave
Oh also my moms come as early as an hour before pickup sometimes. So, I can't just plan around the arrival time.
I don't mmind that either. Again, I think I'm odd with pick up times. But, I don't care if they come early announced. I like it get your child and go! Yay!Comment
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OMG this and the other thing that happened with the lady dropping off her child on your day off? Holy cow! She had the nerve to be mad? wow!I definitely wouldn't want parents having access to a lock code to my house. I've had parents try to drop off on closed days while my dog is loose (she's an outside dog that wanders around the garage and backyard during non daycare hours but is always in her kennel when daycare is open). She's protective of kids and bristles toward some men.
Although, I have forgotten to lock my door before also and an elderly woman that escaped from the nursing home tried to come in and claim our house as hers late one evening. A code might be nice for those types of incidents ::Comment
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Am I the only one required to keep the doors unlocked due to fire safety? Both the licensing evaluator and the fire chief said the front and back door have to be unlocked while kids are present.
How about a door alarm to scare the bejeesus out of him?
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That is not in our regs. He didn't try it last night at pickup, maybe he's getting the hint. Good thing too because I had a little sitting there getting his boots on to go home.Comment
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Locked at all times
I wouldn't feel safe without the door being locked. The back door to the backyard is unlocked.
Two different authorities deem it necessary to keep your front door unlocked? I would be interested to know what the police would advise. In my large suburban city, my judgment is that an unlocked door is more dangerous than a locked door.
A locked door keeps out unwanted persons and keeps IN active children!Comment
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We aren't mandated to keep our doors locked or unlocked but if we choose to lock them, the door knobs MUST be the type that can be opened from the inside without having to mess with the lock. This is for fire safety in case an adult isn't able to open the door and a child must do so.
I keep my door unlocked. I live in a relatively small community (10,000 people). Heck, once I left daycare after work and for whatever reason didn't even close my door. The screen door was closed but not the inside door. My neighbor noticed and closed it for me.
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