Keys for children?

pinknfluffy0

celyn90 wrote: »

I am awful for losing and forgetting keys, so I have my door key on a keyring which is permanently attached to an extendable cord clipped on the inside of my rucksack. Might be one way to go if you are worried about it getting lost.

(edited to add - cross posted with pukkamum there!)

I had something like that as a child, think I will look out for some x

YORKSHIRELASS

My son was given a house key when he started secondary school last September at 11 years old. He keeps it tucked in the side pocket of his school bag on a large key fob which hopefully makes it harder to loose!

I find it reassuring to know that if I ever got held up somewhere or had to go out he can get in the house after school and I think there has been at least one occasion where this was really handy.

My son is a bit scatter-brained but has managed not to loose his house key so far!

notanewuser

I was 8 or 9. On the days that dad couldn't pick us up I'd walk my sister (then 6) home. It was the best part of a mile, uphill. Dad would usually be back within half an hour of us getting back.

Mind you, it was normal for kids to walk everywhere back then and play outside. We didn't have !!!!!s and child snatchers on every street corner back then.

WantToBeSE

I gave my older son a key when he went to secondary school. The main reason being that he would get home about 5 mins before i got home from picking up my youngest son from school.

michael243

I never got any keys until I was 18

balletshoes

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

at what age did you let your children have their own door keys?

My children are 11 and nearly 10 and we are considering giving them a door key for the odd time they need it, but a bit worried about them loosing them.

what would be the odd time they need it?
My daughter got her door key in September last year, when she started secondary school at age 11. This is because she now walks herself to school and back, and is happy enough to get home before me if I work a couple of hours longer than school hours, once a week.

ciderwithrosie_2

Mine all had their own key around the time they started secondary school. Mainly because we all got home at different times. They were never in the house alone as such after school as my OH works nights so he was there, just in bed asleep!

I'd rather know they were at home getting a drink and a snack, being able to go to the loo in peace, and flopping infront of the TV until I got home than wandering the streets.

My youngest is a nightmare even now for losing his key, I can't count the number he's got through. The other two are more careful with theirs and I believe the oldest still has the same key I gave him 12 years ago and he lived away in London for 3 of those years.

aliasojo

The day they invent a keyring which yells..... 'oi you, you've dropped me/lost me/left me alone' ...will be the day my[STRIKE] airhead[/STRIKE] lovely daughter gets a key.

No matter what age she is. :rotfl:

pukkamum

aliasojo wrote: »

The day they invent a keyring which yells..... 'oi you, you've dropped me/lost me/left me alone' ...will be the day my[STRIKE] airhead[/STRIKE] lovely daughter gets a key.

No matter what age she is. :rotfl:

Sounds like my 2 sisters, eldest loses her keys weekly, she once left them in the ignition of her car with car door wide open!
Little sister lost every key mum ever gave her within a week.

JournalGirl

I had a key from Primary school, probably 9 or 10. Mine was on a long string round my neck :-)

But I would put on a long piece of string or ribbon tied or stitched inside their schoolbags, so that they can pull it out to use, but it's never detached.