https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 09:58:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door/page/2#post-14595 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:24:19 +0000 lulibee 14595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. But I have to admit there have been one or two times where we stupidy left the keys ON THE DOOR...outside! Nothing happened. Our area is pretty safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14583 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:51:42 +0000 MsMini 14583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always keep our doors locked, but I know most people in my (small) city don't. My co-workers laugh when we have talked about it before, they think it is just because I grew up in a big city that I "bother". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14541 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:05:03 +0000 eeh 14541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't use our front door so it's always locked but the back door is about a 50/50 thing. We live in a small Mennonite town so we're not too worried. Growing up our back door was always unlocked, even after we got robbed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14539 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:53:24 +0000 BabyBear 14539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a security door and then our apartment door. We share the security door with another tenant (they're downstairs; we're upstairs). So, I still lock my door - especially because they ALWAYS have people coming and going. I'm considering putting in a dead bolt though. I'm paranoid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14487 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:48:55 +0000 MH.Abroad 14487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always, always, always. Eek! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14324 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:00:27 +0000 ALittleP 14324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, always! We live in the city and I'm not always around the front door to monitor who might walk in...but I might leave it unlocked if I knew I could see it all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14309 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:31:02 +0000 Mrs. D 14309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I'm home alone, then yes I do. When he's in town, we just make sure it's locked at bedtime. Of course, it's ALWAYS locked when we're NOT at home, or if I'm the one to close it out of habit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14308 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:30:56 +0000 Dr. Pepper 14308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lock anything I can. My front door is always locked (except for when hubby forgets to). I also get made fun of because I always lock my car doors, even when my car is inside the garage- for some reason, hubby finds this hilarious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14299 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:11:13 +0000 cyndistar3 14299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always. When I am home the doors are locked. I live in a trailer park and our neighbors are drug dealers... I know the locked door wouldn't actually stop someone who really wanted in but it makes me feel a little better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14297 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:08:05 +0000 cvbee 14297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>small town rural here. I lock it at night when we're sleeping, but not during the day when we're gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14161 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:52:49 +0000 Navy_Mommy 14161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not usually...but our living situation isn't normal, lol, we live on a Navy base. It doesn't get much safer than that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-14159 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:49:01 +0000 PearlBee 14159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in an apartment building to which the exterior door is always locked. But I don't care; I always keep our door locked, too. Mr. Pearlbee isn't as good about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-4987 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:00:12 +0000 Boogs 4987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, ALWAYS. We also turn the alarm on whenever we leave the house and at night when we sleep. We actually live in a very safe neighborhood, but we just like to be extra careful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-4905 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:18:34 +0000 DillonLion 4905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During night time and when we are away from the house, we lock all the doors. If I am home alone during the day or night, I lock all the doors. When we are both home and it is daytime/early evening, the doors are unlocked, garage door is usually open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-4903 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:15:46 +0000 mrsjyw 4903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lock all doors and have a security system. We're in a pretty safe suburb 30 minutes outside of Detroit, but hubby and I are gone for long hours so it just makes sense for us. When we are home or we're out for a jog, we almost always have our back door open and our garage or door open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-4014 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:44:37 +0000 HabesBabe 4014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just like Hazelmind. We don't have any kids yet, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3970 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:34:27 +0000 PitBulLover 3970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we're just at home, no. If we go on a short walk around the block, no. At night, yes. And when we leave for a longer period of time, yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3896 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:18:08 +0000 mediagirl 3896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lock everything at night. During the day we might open the front and back doors to allow a breeze through the screens. Those have locks on them that we sometimes set. During the day we also have the garage open b/c we're going in and out that way. If we leave the house by car, the doors get closed and locked.</p> <p>On the other hand, this locking stuff is all new to me. I grew up in a very safe neighborhood. We didn't lock our doors, walked into our friends houses without knocking, etc. One day my Mom got a call at work. A police officer had been driving through the neighborhood and saw our front door WIDE OPEN! Apparently when my brother left that day he didn't pull it shut fully and the wind blew it open. The office came into the house, called out to find out if anyone was there and found my Mom's work number on the fridge. Her response, "Oh, would you mind just shutting the door behind you? Sorry for the trouble." I think he told her he was going to lock it for safety's sake. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3860 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:35:57 +0000 sandsandmore 3860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. We have a 100 pound german shepherd in the house. I only leave it open because I like to have the nanny just come in, rather than ringing the doorbell. I make sure to lock it at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3799 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:34:17 +0000 alongfarview 3799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we definitely lock our doors at night. During the day if one of us is at home if the door is shut it's usually locked (we like to just use the screen door to let air into the apartment). My mom drilled it into my head growing up (when we were little our house was robbed and she's been super paranoid ever since), and my husband is pretty cautious as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3791 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:11:55 +0000 singingbee 3791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My house was broken into, so I'm extra paranoid. I lock everything. I have the deadbolts that you have to use a key to open. It drives Hubby nuts that I lock everything, even the garage door, but it makes me feel better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3780 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:38:06 +0000 Sha 3780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have intruder anxiety so I always lock both locks. When I was younger my apartment in Manhattan was burglarized and it was traumatizing. It drives me craaaaaaazay that my husband thinks we live in Mayberry and never locks the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3719 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:20:44 +0000 Pepper 3719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! I would never leave our doors unlocked, even if I was home -- in broad daylight -- in our very safe neighborhood. I can't even fall asleep if I think a door might be unlocked! </p> <p>It probably has something to do with the fact that our house was broken into and robbed when I was in elementary school. Our garage door was not locked (it was before my parents had a garage door opener installed). That definitely stuck with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3717 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:18:14 +0000 MaisyMay 3717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even though we live in a secure building in a gated community, our front door is pretty much always locked. Our sliding glass door is not only always unlocked, it almost always wide open with just the screen closed. We live on the top floor of the building, and the balconies are staggered so that it is literally impossible to get from one to another. The others stick out at least 10 feet in front of ours, and the balcony below us is recessed at least 6 feet. It's very secure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3713 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:15:50 +0000 leelee 3713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup we always lock all the doors. I'm super paranoid about that. My hubs makes fun of me because i even lock the door on our balcony even though it would be extremely difficult for someone to break into our home that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3712 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:13:17 +0000 Honeybee 3712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an auto-lock on our front door, so I don't have to remember to lock it. But honestly, I'm more concerned about DD getting out than anyone getting in! Our dogs go crazy for visitors, so I doubt an intruder would make it very far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3709 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:07:49 +0000 Shutterbug 3709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we didn't use to, until a woman who thought she was next door (the houses all look similar) waltzed right through our front door. She was harmless and embarassed, but it scared the crap out of me. So now we lock our doors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3708 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:05:42 +0000 tessabella76 3708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep-even though we know all of our neighbors. When I'm home alone during the day, I'll keep the front door locked but I will leave the back door unlocked. And it's just part of our routine to make sure the doors are locked before we go to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3705 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:01:32 +0000 bakingAbug 3705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lock everything. I never felt a great sense of security in any of my houses. I guess I'm just really aware of my surroundings and the news and want to make sure that I'm not in any danger. I sound really paranoid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-lock-your-front-door#post-3697 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:57:11 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 3697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm bad about locking our front door... it's probably because we live in a really really safe city... i think top 5 (might even be #1) for lowest crime rates in the nation. </p>