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[quote=Anonymous]First, I also have dogs and they are a huge deterrent from an incidental burglary.

Second, your husband is actually far more practical than you are and is far more likely to actually help in this situation. Getting out of the house, calling for help and being able to assess the situation from outside will allow time to think and do things more likely to help. Barging into the burglars and declaring that you will martyr yourself for your kid is reactionary, more likely to cause a confrontation, and makes the likelihood of your daughter witnessing a very traumatic event higher.

A burglar isn't coming into your house to attack you, they are coming into your house to steal. So laying low, hiding and calling the police, even if it takes them 10 minutes, is a far better plan. Also if he is outside he can make some noise/make them think that the police have arrived sooner and hopefully scare them off.

Your daughter is safest if there is NO confrontation, because witnessing an extremely violent episode (including the shooting and killing of a burglar) would be a very traumatic event for a kid.

You want him to match your definition of 'manliness' but in reality his plan is the one likely to help his daughter and your vision of some Liam Neeson type event is completely out of touch with reality and the type of weird fantasy cosplaying that gets people killed in these situations.[/quote]

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