Keys for children?

liney

The problem with single keys is that they are really easy to lose. I would pin it to the inside of their school bag on a stretchy keyring, inside a little drawstring bag for safe keeping.

A little secret: I have no idea what half the keys on my keyring open any more, but the big bunch is the only thing that stops me losing them.

nottslass_2

DS started letting himself in last week when he started senior school and was given his key on the understanding that if he lost it,he'd replace it himself out of his pocket money

It was on a long key chain clipped onto his bag,

It lasted a whole 4 days before he managed to loose it..........

It was last seen on Saturday !!!

You can imagine to conversation I had on monday morning............

I'm actually going to get a key safe at the weekend - It was suggested on a thread I started last week about stopping after school childcare.

pollys

Mine got one when they started secondary school. They didn't need one before then.

Pollys

Atalanta

Mojisola wrote: »

No effect on my parents' insurance at all.

I put one up for them when they started to have carers coming to the house and struggled to answer the door for them.

You do have to inform your insurance company that you have got one. Most insurance companies are fine with it and don't increase the premium. I know this because I work in adult social care and we have to tell people to inform their insurance co if we recommend a key safe.

skivenov

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

No phone numbers he can never remember, they think its to do with his dyslexia.

Are they numbers or letters on the codes? X

I'm a little bit dyslexic and a big bit scatter-brained, I remember my pin numbers by shape, so that could work for him.

You can get combination padlocks that use a four letter word instead of a number, have you got a shed you could lock with one of these and leave the key in. I'm sure any lad his age can think of a four letter word they can remember the spelling of

DigForVictory

Getting a wallet, a bus card & a house key is part of the moving up to Big School. The wallet & key are chained together, and clip to a belt loop. Yep, we do have a parent at home, so the key is unnecessary but it's part of the growing up bit.
They know the house alarm code because it it unlocks the iPad...

Spendless

Eldest was 9/10 and it was during a snowy winter. mine attended separate infant and junior schools and youngests class was always last one out. Eldest was walking home alone by then and it made more sense for him to have a key and let him self in for the 5 minutes before we got in, than to have him standing outside in the ice.

kjmtidea

My eldest has just got his and he is 11, it is on a keychain and also has his bus pass and usb memory stick on it - all attached to his school bag. He hasn't lost it yet.
He won't need to use it very often, just if I get held up or have an after school thing going on.

Money_maker

Using a keysafe, surely remembering ages or something would work. Ie for 9 & 11 year olds the number could be 0911 or use the house number two/three times. Most keysafes have just a 4 digit number.

Ms_Chocaholic

If you do get a key safe could you use his birthday as the no or another number he might remember