Just a question...

It makes good sense to want to hear the kids at night. If you are concerned with this than I think one of the others had a great idea to place a monitor in the room. I have 6 kids ranging in age from 23 down to 10 months. We tend to let them decide if they want their doors open or closed at night. Generally it is the house sounds (TV, older siblings) that we make the choice. I think the door being open or closed is a minor thing that is a preference based on household, the child and there is no wrong or right answer. Now, if "locking" of the door becomes an issue for older ones and you can't get in during an emergency, I suggest not having bedroom doors that lock and letting them make the choice to their privacy.

When my sons (who are now grown) were growing up I closed their doors so that the TV, or other things would not wake them. I kept a (baby) room monitor in their rooms until they each told me that they were too old for one. I think my oldest son was like 10 and my youngest was like 12 when they told me this. Also if there was a fire that started somewhere else in the house I would not want it to spread to them to quickly and therefore if we could get out and get to them through their window or the fireman could they would have a better chance of survival. I learned this at a firman's safety convention.

For fire safety it is best to keep bedroom doors closed. Use a baby monitor to be able to hear your child. Closed doors also help teach another valuable lesson. As your child grows you can teach him/her to knock first before entering by the example of knocking on their door weather it is ajar or latched.

I never shut the door to my kids rooms. I always like to hear every sound that comes from there rooms.

I always close the door for safety reasons. If the children are small, just use a baby monitor and you will be able to hear everything anyway. When I was little we had a fire in my house. If our doors would have been open, we would have been exposed to so much more smoke and possibly even flames. In the event of a house fire an open doorway in a clear invite for the fire to spread to that room. I feel my children are much safer with a door as a barrier of protection.

yup my sis also do the same but she keep the door half closed so that her children should keep sleeping all tonight.but she nevr keeps the door closeed her children might cry for something tonight.so never close the door and sleep as i suggest

i leave the door open. my daughters are older now but even when they were little, i liked to be able to hear them if they needed help or got up during the night, so the door has always been open.

I keep the door opened until my daughter is asleep. Then I usually will shut it. The only reason that I close the door is because I have older boys and they are quite loud when they get home at night. This way they don't wake up my daughter while she is sleeping.

I keep the doors open when I send my son to bed. Sometimes he will close the door if his little sisters are being too loud. They co-sleep with my husband and myself, so I don't close the doors for them.