Locks?? | ADHD Information

Mafia-that is to funny

raytere- we lock out pantry door with a hook lock it is high enough where htey can not get into it. and when they want a snack we have to get it. of course we have not deadbolted the fridge...

a friend of ours did deadbolt the fridge when he woke up in the middle of the night and his son was racing back in forth with a line of pudding (8 cups of pudding) 8 spoons and he would run to one take a spoonful and go to the next and so on.

We have not locked the kids in heir rooms, but we do have a lock on our room door so they are not into the things we take away, or should not be.  We are contemplating putting a lock on the pantry as out daughter in particular craves and I mean craves SUGAR to no end.  We have not figured this out, and so any advice would be helpful.  We have fresh fruit and such all of the time, we give them treats on occasion, but I have never been a big candy fan for my two ADHDers.  Makes life vertually hell.  I think the door alarm is a great idea, or something in front of the door that makes noise when walked on.

 

Best of luck,

We have not locks, but safety catches that prevent the door from being opened, really high up on the exterior doors.  I am worried about my son being able to get out in an emergency.  However, I am also worried about my 5 yo son getting outside without supervision, even for a minute, because he has still not learned not to run out into the street. 

Scissors are a big problem for us also!  I have some good hiding places for them.

Does anybody put locks on the childs door to keep them from roaming at all hours of the night? She sneaks around and does things- my pet has no more whiskers....always finds the scissors- no matter where you hide them....etc etc.

And the craving for carbohydrates is huge....what's that about?

Maybe not a lock, but I've seen on QVC these little alarms that go off when a door opens.  Maybe put them on the outside door, high up, so you can hear when she roams.

I was afraid my ADHDer would bother her new little sister last yr and thought about buying these, but didn't need them.

Good luck!

we put locks on the food pantry so both my sons can not have full access to food. I had a babysitter growing up that put some noisy piece of material under the carpet by the playroom so if she needed to go out of the room she could hear us if we left.

I would be worried about locking the door, wonder if it was an emergency an dyou couldnt get in there fast enough

i think the locks are great on outside doors, my son once lowered himself out the living room window with the shade (he doesnt have ADHD) and walked to my sisters a 1/2 a mile down the street. I had looked for him for hours and when my sister left to start walking up to my house he was sleeping on her front steps.. talk about your stomach in your throat.

I woundn't lock the child in the room at night because of the emergency factor of needing to get the child out of the bedroom. to me that is almost like tieing them to the bed.

My parents had to reverse the lock on my brothers door because he kept locking himself inside. Of course once they did that I found great joy in pushing him into his room and then locking him inside. Hehehehehe, That's what big sisters are for. We too keep a lock on our bedroom door.  This lock is the type that requires a key.  Hunting rifles, scissors, liquor, medications and anything else that could be dangerous are kept in there.  We even put a small fridge in there and store snack items in the room too.  I will have to look, but I have read some stuff about people with ADHD or bipolar craving carbohydrates.  It seems to be pretty common.  I know that my kids seem to crave carbs and by keeping them locked up, I can better control what they are eating.

I thought it was illegal to lock you children in their room because of fire safety reasons.  I mean, what if there was a fire & they couldn't get out of their rooms.

I personally like the door alarm idea.

Taken from an article here:

http://library.adoption.com/Discipline/Children-With-Problem s/article/776/1.html

Handling the wandering around at night will be a bit more complicated. You can't lock their door - it is illegal, so first lock up anything that is important to you (valuables, pictures, etc.) Now is the wandering at night in your home unsafe? You decide. If you decide that it is, then you need to solve it. An idea could be to catch them wandering and talk it out with them, reminding them that it isn't allowed (you might put this rule in the "house rules"). This might work, and it might not. So keep trying. Maybe put a bell on the door to remind them not to wander, or the bell can alert you if it's loud enough. You could make wandering cost them something, not money, but something that is important to them.

 

I'm sorry I do not have any better help to offer, I even tried googling it for you.  What does your Dr say to do?