Latch key kids

Mancie said:
I don't see any reason for a child not to have a key for his/her own home..other than they may loose it..how young?... I'd say around the time they leave primary school.. or when you stop picking them up from school...it dosent mean you leave them alone at home but don't see any harm in them having a key to the door.
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Sorry, when you said from an early age I though you were talking about young children, children of 5 or 6 years old.

Yes, I agree, when they leave primary school. :)
 
Got my first key when I was 9 years old.Had to wash the breakfast dishes when I finished school,set the table, make the tea and light two coal fires,hardly had time for a fag before the old bag got home.......Happy days.:smokin::(
 
Benipete said:
Got my first key when I was 9 years old.Had to wash the breakfast dishes when I finished school,set the table, make the tea and light two coal fires,hardly had time for a fag before the old bag got home.......Happy days.:smokin::(
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And they keep telling us they were the good old days Beni:rolleyes::D
 
I will be giving Saff her front door key when she starts secondary school

As I will be picking her younger brother up I wouldn't expect her to walk from Moorhead to Peel Park so we can catch the same bus together
Or I wouldn't want her to think she has to stand around waiting for us to get home before she can get in

There is always the thought of them losing it... but so might I
 
Flashy, get yourself another spare because this one "will" be lost quickly :D

And it might be an idea to put a key ring on with "if found please contact xxxxxx" on so it can be collected or perhaps someone else's address or his name & school class no etc so it can be dropped off if found . Certainly NOT your address.
(something to identify its owner but not where they live)

Mine have had keys since they were at high school, if I can trust them with the internet then I can trust them with a key.
 
It's amazing how many have things like a teddy bear etc on, certainly no identifying features.
The key return tabs from insurance companies are usually best on LKKK's :D

(LKKK's = Latch Key Kids Keys) :D
 
i have a key ring that has my grandads phone number (not mine) on it and offers a £10 reward
 
its more about being able to get into my house. would cost a lot more to have someone come and let me in if i didnt have keys.
 
hmmmmm but how do you know that they are going to find the key the same day?> you could be waiting weeks for someone to find it and return it, be a bit buggered then wouldnt ya
 
yeah but theres a chance they find it and ring.....new locks are pretty expensive!!
 
think about it logically though Emma, you lose your key, no one finds it for a few days/weeks or EVER, by this time you have HAD to get a new lock on your front door because you can't get in...someone eventually finds your key and demands you give them the tenner...for nothing because the key is no longer useable....
 
In the past I found it handy to have the same type of lock front and back, so that they can be switched in minutes. At the back you tend to have extra things like bolts, so that when you leave your house the front way you are still secure
 
its been on there for years, grandad gave it me.... at the mo my spare key is at grandads which is about 20 mins away, should probably find someone nearer lol
 
lol, 20 minutes aint so bad, i'd rethink the reward thing though, seems a bit pointless to me
 
IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO kATE, IF YOU ARE TALKING TO eMMA THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE, HER DAD LIVES IN IRELAND, AND IF IT WAS ME YOU WHERE TALKING TO....I AINT SPEAKING TO MI DAD, SO NO

oops caps, cant be arsed changing it, not shouting really lol
 
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