Do you let your young children anser the door.

I don't let my children answer the door unless I am in the room right next to the hallway. usually I make them look out the window first, and if they know who it is, I let them answer it. Or I'll look out the window. Basically, if someone is at the front door, it's not someone we know, but if it's the back door, it's a friend!

When my daughter was little no. My daughter is now sixteen and I have no problem with her answering the door. when they are little they can be so easily pushed out of the way. I am always leary when someone knocks at my door late at night and I like to answer it myself on those occations. I also think it depends on your neighborhood.

In the area we live everyone knows everyone and we don't have bad things happening . I have lived here since I was five and only one bad thing happened in all those years and it was something another did to a family member so we feel pretty safe in allowing our children to answer the door . But if we go anywhere other then here they know not to do anything like this as it is not safe in other area's .

We dont let our kids answer the door. Unless I know someone is comming over I dont answer the door unless my husband is home. It isnt safe out there and I am trying to keep it as safe as possible in my home. It is the only place I can still control the environment in.

As long as you are home and aware that they are answering the door and they are answering it for people that they know then I think it is fine. If you don't know they are at the door, or they do not know who is at the door they should not be answering the door while they are very young. It depends on the child what age is okay. One child may be mature enough to handle a stranger at 9, another not until 13.

Certainly not kids should'n answe to them. After seeing the stranger they should automatically come and call anyone of us in the house.Nowadays we could't beleive anyone.

Usually if there is someone at the door, we already know who it is because we only get a couple of regular visitors and not many random people. So if we're expecting someone then I will let my 7 year old answer the door. If I don't know who it is then I will usually answer it, unless there is a reason why I can't but we live in a fairly nice area and we don't get people we don't know really so it isn't a problem.

When my sister and I were little we would answer the door with our parents behind us, or if they were in the next room watching. This meant that if there was trouble (in our neighbourhood there was never any trouble) they could come and help us out right away. We also had a big window from which we could see who was there before answering.

My wife and I do not let our children answer the door even if we know someone is comming that we know. You never know who is going to be at the door and you can never be safe nowadays. They have done it once or twice and they have gotten into trouble.

i don't let my daughter answer the door at all and she knowsvery well that if mamy is not around she is not allowed to answer the phone or open the door and to be in a safe side i always lock it from the inside where she can't reach it.

I will not allow my children to answer the door unless they can see and know who it is (a family member or friend) we have a window right by our door, so you don't need to look through the peek hole to see who it is. I think that bad things can happen even in good neighborhoods. I just think it's better to be safe than sorry.