In a reddit thread earlier this year a poster questioned whether his family really deserved child services investigating the locks on their children s doors after all they were just bolted.
Wa6s of keeping child in room without locking the door.
The responses were plentiful one a sympathetic correctional officer oh sorry parent wrote you have to protect your kids in unconventional ways sometime because kids do weird stuff and no house no.
This is only helpful if you re actually in your room when someone tries to barge in but it will prevent them from being able to do it.
Keeping your autistic child safe isn t just about keeping him in you also need to keep him or her protected while inside.
There are plenty of locks that can keep people out of your bedroom.
If your bedroom has one of these pocket doors the best way to lock them may be a hook lock.
But before you go off the deep end about your child locking his or her door you should wait and look for signs of a problem.
If you re in your room and you want privacy barricade your door by wedging a chair under the door knob or pushing a piece of furniture in front of it.
That means locking doors from the outside when a room is empty.
And yet with a particularly determined child one that is particularly determined to not stay in bed specifically it may be necessary to restrict their ability to leave the room at least for a little while.
The most common are built right into the knob or handle of your door.
Locking a bedroom door does not.