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I probably won't last long in this thread, as I'm already getting whiffs of the "perfect parent posse" ...
On a FB discussion about this story, so many are saying that the parents should have installed a deadbolt or chain. That deadbolt or chain is really no help once the kid figures out how to pull a chair over to the door. Someone else suggested a double-cylinder deadbolt and hiding the key (can you say "fire hazzard"?)
But it reminds me of a program I watched long ago about the Octomom. She had two doorknobs on every external door. The one at the normal height, and one near the top of the door. Both had to be turned simultaneously in order for the door to open. I thought that was pretty ingenious (and I admit I was a little shocked that she thought of something so smart!)
I know someone who installed, in his home, a couple of the Door Chime Alerts like they use in stores and other businesses. You install one part over the door(s) and then plug in the other part that has the chime, into any outlet in any room you want. That's the kind they used, but I see there are many to choose from online. I heard it, it could be set pretty loud.
For ideas and options google: Business Door Chimes.
I know someone who installed, in his home, a couple of the Door Chime Alerts like they use in stores and other businesses. You install one part over the door(s) and then plug in the other part that has the chime, into any outlet in any room you want. That's the kind they used, but I see there are many to choose from online. I heard it, it could be set pretty loud.
For ideas and options google: Business Door Chimes.
This exactly. It's another reason we have a home security system with door chimes (self installed). You can hear when someone comes in/goes out and we have an option to set the system "at home" so if anyone opens the door to leave the alarm will go off.
This exactly. It's another reason we have a home security system with door chimes (self installed). You can hear when someone comes in/goes out and we have an option to set the system "at home" so if anyone opens the door to leave the alarm will go off.
Growing up, we had one of these alarm systems. And the control panel was in my parents' bedroom.
Sucked when we were teenagers ... There was no sneaking out in the middle of the night. LOL!
But it reminds me of a program I watched long ago about the Octomom. She had two doorknobs on every external door. The one at the normal height, and one near the top of the door. Both had to be turned simultaneously in order for the door to open. I thought that was pretty ingenious (and I admit I was a little shocked that she thought of something so smart!)
First of all, she didn't think of it. Second, think about it for a couple seconds...
"Police Chief James Burroughs said they took the temperature at the scene, and it was 8 degrees below zero. Later, Burroughs said the child died as a result of 'exposure to the elements and hypothermia which are consistent with the autopsy results.'"
Good god. Barefoot and only in a nightgown in 8 below New England weather. What a torturous way to die. Especially for a 2 year-old.
I'm inside a heated house right now, wearing a giant hoodie, over a fleece, over a thermal shirt, over a regular shirt, and sitting in front of a space heater...and I'm still not as warm as I'd like to be. I am procrastinating going outside to bring the garbage cans back in because I don't want to go outside in the cold (24 degrees here). Can't imagine 8 below zero. Barefoot. And in a nightgown.
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