Comments on: Answer the Door http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2006/03/answer_the_door.html A blog to help keep you up to date on home & community security issues on Vancouver's Westside as well as the continuing development and growth of Provident Security Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mjagger http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2006/03/answer_the_door.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 mjagger Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:02:15 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2006/03/answer_the_door.html#comment-1291 The most important thing is simply to make sure that the person at the door knows that someone is home. Kids can say that their Dad is not able to get to the door or is on the phone... pretty much anything to suggest that someone else is there. Simply turning the front porch light on can be enough if they do not feel comfortable talking (but they should call 911 to report that someone suspicious is at their door). I've written a couple of other posts on this topic <a href="http://bit.ly/3e5s1I" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2009/04/never-ignore-someone-at-your-door.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hope that helps. The most important thing is simply to make sure that the person at the door knows that someone is home. Kids can say that their Dad is not able to get to the door or is on the phone… pretty much anything to suggest that someone else is there. Simply turning the front porch light on can be enough if they do not feel comfortable talking (but they should call 911 to report that someone suspicious is at their door). I’ve written a couple of other posts on this topic here and here.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Carla http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2006/03/answer_the_door.html/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Carla Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:10 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2006/03/answer_the_door.html#comment-1290 This makes sense, but what should the babysitter say to the person on the other side of the door? Go away, I won't open up because I'm just a teenager? I've had this situation with our babysitter once and don't really know what advice to give. This makes sense, but what should the babysitter say to the person on the other side of the door? Go away, I won’t open up because I’m just a teenager? I’ve had this situation with our babysitter once and don’t really know what advice to give.

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