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[quote=Anonymous]It's also important to teach kids, and to reinforce it as they turn into teens, that they are not obliged to open the front door for anyone if they're home alone, or for that matter, if they're in the house with you there but they think you didn't hear the doorbell. It's basic safety, to me, to tell kids, "I'm going out. If you hear the door, don't answer it. If it's persistent, look through the side window (or Nest or whatever you have, PPs) and if it's a uniformed officer with a marked cop car outside, call the police to ask if an officer is at this address." Of course the lecture isn't needed every time the adults go out! But it's worth teaching them that they do NOT have to "be polite" and answer a door, or a phone either. Many kids, especially girls, are still socialized to "be nice" and polite and sometimes that gets interpreted by them as "It's impolite not to answer." I've seen it with some young relatives. But my DD has learned that unless I specifically tell her we're expecting someone, she shouldn't answer the door. I don't, myself. Too many solicitors selling things.
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