Locked Door - What would you do?

[Anonymous]

Parent wants to talk to DC (17 years old). DC locks bedroom door to keep parent out.

What would you do?

[Anonymous]

The door comes off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The door comes off!

+1

[Anonymous]

replace doorknob with the non locking type

[Anonymous]

I would tell him/her to open the door immediately. If the door is not opened, the door comes off.

And I am not a hard ass by any means - but this kind of disrespect would simply never happen in our house. I would knock the damn door down before I ever let my teenage get away with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent wants to talk to DC (17 years old). DC locks bedroom door to keep parent out.

What would you do?

Tell him to pen the door right now - and he would. My teens know I am not fooling around. I taught them when they were very young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent wants to talk to DC (17 years old). DC locks bedroom door to keep parent out.

What would you do?

Tell him to pen the door right now - and he would. My teens know I am not fooling around. I taught them when they were very young.

How does your post help the OP at this moment in time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would tell him/her to open the door immediately. If the door is not opened, the door comes off.

And I am not a hard ass by any means - but this kind of disrespect would simply never happen in our house. I would knock the damn door down before I ever let my teenage get away with that.

This. I’d be calm but deadly serious. We went through this with our DD when she was 6 and we took the door off for a couple of days. If she tries on rare occasion to lock us out we tell her she’s going to lose her door, and then she opens it right away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent wants to talk to DC (17 years old). DC locks bedroom door to keep parent out.

What would you do?

Wait them out. Hunger, bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:replace doorknob with the non locking type

Yup! But always knocking first

[Anonymous]

Do you have one of those metal key-like things sitting on top of the door jamb? It picks the lock. That has saved us several times.

[Anonymous]

What led up to this OP?

[Anonymous]

Why does your kid feel the need to lock you out?

[Anonymous]

OP do you know how to unlock and indoor door?

If your knob has a straight line in the lock, you take a coin, stick it in theslot and turn it. Door unlocked. I use my finger nail in a pinch.

If your doorknob has a hole in the center you should have a straight metal stick that you poke into the hole until it hits the back and then turn to unlock it. You can also straighten out a bobby pin and use that.

Indoor locks are not locks. They are a formality to slow people down who are about to barge into the room.

They are the easiest thing to pick. I learned back when I was a little kid in grade school.

No reason to remove the door unless you are afraid of your kid doinr something dangerous or harmful in there. Just pick the lock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The door comes off!

+1

+2 -- its easier than you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKQxcZEq7Qc