Everybody is entitled to privacy but how far do you guys agree with a 13 year old locking their bedroom door?
Personally, I think in terms of safety there should be some measures put in place for example, the door should be unlockable from the outside incase of an emergency. This does also pose the risk of a parent locking their child in their room as a means to abuse and control them, but the way the locks on the doors in my house work is that technically you can unlock it from the inside if it gets locked from the outside. So those kinds of locks could work.
Other than that, educating your child on online safety and trusting them will basically mean you don’t need to worry about what they’re doing in there unless you start to see real signs of something bad happening which you should meet with supporting then.
In terms of what I would have liked when I was 13, I would have been happy if my family would just knock before coming in, I don’t lock my door because the handle is broken and it makes me panic when I can’t get out.
We never had locks on our doors (sometimes I wish we had tho).
But no, instead have a clear way of showing:
Bedroom door open: come on in.
Bedroom door closed: knock and wait, don’t enter without permission.
Yes! especially if they need to change, because some people don’t even knock but just barge it to your room but they shouldn’t also be locking it every time everyday , I guess.
Yeah! I definitely think setting boundries to follow is a very good idea and may even mean the 13 year old doesn’t feel the need to lock the door, I just don’t think the option should be completely off the table.
I only really lock my door when I need to change. Ik that my brother locks his door all the time and it’s been a problem in the past to where we were trying to get ready to go to school, he would still be sleeping and wouldn’t get up and my mom would have to threaten to take the doorknob off because she just couldn’t get it open. In those situations he’d be making us all late to school and my mom late to work. And he’s 13.
So like, yes I of course believe in privacy but also don’t lock your door all the time lol. Sometimes I wanna go in to talk to him and I can’t because his door is locked.
I think they should be able to lock their door because teenagers do deserve their privacy. When I was 13, I had a lock on my door because I wasn’t very happy when I had relatives from Bangladesh visiting, I wasn’t very happy when my mum broke the lock on my door by walking into my room without knocking.
Unless something is very concerning, 13 year olds have the right to lock their doors.