Date: 12/1/2008 8:07:00 AM
From Authorid: 3688
My door's are locked at all times, so my son HAS to get me if someone is at the door...I feel safer that way because I worry about things like that.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 8:13:00 AM
From Authorid: 18928
My child doesn't even answer the phone. I try very hard to keep her safe without going overboad, but I know sometimes I do.  |
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Date: 12/1/2008 8:13:00 AM
From Authorid: 18928
*overboard |
Date: 12/1/2008 8:32:00 AM
From Authorid: 15677
mine are not allowed to answer either.doors locked come find mom
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Date: 12/1/2008 8:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 23075
My doors are locked at all times, even when my girls were small, they were locked. My girls did not start answering the phone until they were older, and even then I had call display, and they wouldn't answer the phone unless it was someone they knew. As for answering the doors, nope they never did, they were taught that sometimes people knock on doors and answer phones to see if they are home alone.
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Date: 12/1/2008 8:58:00 AM
From Authorid: 10657
My children are not supossed to answer the door at all. They are trained to ask whom it is and if, they know the person to tell me and I will let the person in or not.
I don't know at what age I will let them get the door but, definately not at 9 and 8 right now.
Funny one time my son said, You'll have to come back my mom is in the shower and she won't get out for anyone lol.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 9:07:00 AM
From Authorid: 44960
Oh!!... So you can train a Barbie doll to answer the door!!... How Cool is that!!  *Spirit*  |
Date: 12/1/2008 9:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 62841
We always had a locked screen door so once we were about 10, my brother and i would go to it to see if it was someone we knew. if it was our friends, or close family friends, or family then we would open the door,anyone else had to wait for my mom or dad to come to the door  |
Date: 12/1/2008 9:23:00 AM
From Authorid: 28848
No they are not allowed to open the door.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 9:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 15157
We do not let Ricky my son and Damian my grandson answer the door. We tell them it is Adult business to do this. IF anyone has the gall to pass up a barking chihuahua knipping at their heels is up to no good. Great Post Punky  |
Date: 12/1/2008 10:03:00 AM
From Authorid: 4144
my daughter wasn't allowed to answer the door til she was about 12 years old. she would run to the door to see who it was but she didn't start actually opening the door til she was older. after she was older i told her if she wasn't related to the person at the door she was never to open it. no exceptions. it worked out pretty good.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 10:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 54444
My doors are never locked. they weren't when I grew up as a child, and we have never locked ours. The neighbors know if they need anything they can come in and get it. Or if we are not home they can come in raid the fridge and watch TV until we get there. Just what you are used to I guess. Most of the time its kids at the door for the grandkids, so we let them handle it. Naive I suppose, but it's our way.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 10:44:00 AM
From Authorid: 21903
That’s a very valid question PSC, I do not have children yet, but that does raise an important issue. I don’t think my children will be allowed to answer the door (at least not at a young age)…I think I’ll shoot for having a peep hole or window for them to look out as they get older; to this day I still don’t even answer the door without looking through the peep hole unless I am one hundred and ninety five percent positive I know who is there (like if I see them walking up the sidewalk before they even knock). People today are just plain crazy and I am a firm believer in “better to be safe than sorry.”  |
Date: 12/1/2008 10:53:00 AM
From Authorid: 16845
My kids are not allowed access TO the door. (Granted my oldest is not quite yet 4) I always have the gate up keeping them away from it.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 11:25:00 AM
From Authorid: 63201
my boys are 11 and 9, and wont open the door. They know to ask "Who is it?" and if it's not someone they know, they say "My mom's in the shower right now, we can't open the door" and call me immediately or their uncle who lives next door. Their computer is right by the living room window so they see someone drive up before they even get to the door, and call me or my brother. I don't leave them home alone often, but sometimes I do if I just have to run into town for a few minutes. I ran into Wal-Mart the other day to get some groceries, and the UPS man came up with a delivery. They wouldn't answer the door for him, so he left the package on the doorstep and after he'd gone, they opened the door and brought it inside. Just never can be too careful these days.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 11:35:00 AM
From Authorid: 43991
You know.. that's such an interesting question. Several times when I was in PA, the mom of the 5 and 10 year old would yell at the kids to get the door.. Maybe because our community was so safe? (Although we still had a pretty high tech security system..) Anyway, whenever I have children, even if I am lucky enough (which is insanely doubtful..) to live in a gated community with a darn security guard, people nowadays still find their ways in if they want to, and my kiddos won't be answering the door.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 12:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 63258
If someone rings or knocks at the front door, then it is someone not expected. All of our friends and family come through the garage door and walk right in. I turn on the cameras to see who is at the front door and then decided if anybody including my kids (16 & 21) should answer it.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 12:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 26303
When they were younger, certainly not. They had to wait for one of us to open the door. Even now that they are older, if we're not home, they tell people on the phone I'm in the shower. LOL. Family now know its a ruse, but strangers don't. My son is almost 17, and the other week he heard screaming and a woman bashing on our door. Even though he knew who she was, he waited for her to tell him what was up before opening the door. I was very proud of him then, 'cos who knows what people do. BTW, the woman was distraught because her son had come off his bike and was knocked unconscious out the front of our house. She needed a phone to ring for help.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 12:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 42945
I was like MOA above with his comment when my kids were small but today it's a whole new ball game I'm afraid. There is no way I would let any of my grandkids open the door without checking with Ted or I first...my screen doors are locked at all times. We cannot afford to be so trusting today with the way society is...it's best to be safe than sorry...  |
Date: 12/1/2008 12:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 49037
I just talked to my 5 year old about this the other day. I realized that he was used to opening the door for my husband when he'd come home from fishing... he knocks on the door because his hands are full, and our son runs to open it. I realized that he would do that even if it wasn't his dad, so I had to tell him that he's not allowed to open the door, because I started to worry that some stranger would knock when I was in another room or something, and not hear it, and he'd just go and let them in. It's scary stuff.  |
Date: 12/1/2008 10:12:00 PM
From Authorid: 61847
My family set up a system. Two distinct knocks. Otherwise, we weren't allowed to open it. We did have windows to see as we got older we did that...But even when I lived on my own I was afraid to answer the door. Lol!! *hugs*  |
Date: 12/1/2008 11:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
Like KT, that is how it worked for me when I was a kid. There was the front door that strangers or general acquaintances would use, and then there was the door that family/friends could pretty much just walk in through. If someone knocked at the front, we usually cautiously peeked to see who it was.  |
Date: 12/2/2008 11:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 51194
My kids are older now but they obeaed better and got me to open the with them even if they knew who it was now they don't even care to ask who it tis and get me to open it.as for the phone they don't answer privite calles and they use to say hello who is it before they would talk and then they would get mom dad or my dad PaPa.  |
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