SCHLAGE electronic locks provide Mom relief

NOTE TO MY READERS: Obviously, this is not a book review or author interview. Unfortunately, no one has yet invented such an easy method to open our minds for reading and learning! Oh, if only I could install one of these Schlage keyless locks on the brains of my students. But, that’s another blog for another day!

As a mom of five, who are now ages 30-22, I so wish this amazing lock was available when I was literally knee deep in kids. So many memories (nightmares?) of juggling kids, groceries, diaper bags, toys, desperately searching for my house keys.  Which kid could I safely let go of to free a hand to start my archaeological dig in the deep caverns of my purse?

I’ll never forget my first day at my new job. A single mom at the time, I was starting a new job downtown. My children were riding the bus home from school, and I’d planned to arrive home just in time to meet them. the training day lasted longer than I’d anticipated, I tried to call my father to alert him I’d be late, but my cell phone had been disconnected.  the building was locked, so I couldn’t get in to call. I found a pay phone, but had a one dollar bill and no change. Of course, traffic was bumper-to-bumper. The one hour it took me to reach home was the most anxiety-ridden, frantic, frightful ride of my life.  By the time  I pulled in the driveway, my children were huddled on the doorstop, the youngest–like me–in tears.

That incident was over fifteen years ago, and it’s still as vivid today as it was then. This keyless lock would have allowed them the safety of being inside our home, and me the peace of mind knowing they were safe. I have granddaughters now. Their parents will be getting these locks. . .Grammy’s kids will never have to wait outside.

Today’s fast paced world often has us parents running from work to home to after-school activities and back again. Throughout the course of a week, our homes need to be accessible to many people who don’t actually live there: painters, the babysitter, the cleaners, and even our kids’ friends. It’s just not always possible to be there, key in hand, to let them in. Additionally, we all have an area of our house to which we want to keep off limits, protecting little ones from danger and securing offices or private areas from visitors or employees.

Schlage Locks has recently developed an ingenious solution to this problem by creating an electronic keypad lock and deadbolt for our homes.

The keypad allows access via a four-digit code that can be customized so members of your family, guests, nannies, and service providers can all access your home using different codes. Each code (up to 19 on each lock) can be easily set up for a new person or deactivated if you no longer want someone to have access to your house. No more keeping track of spare keys, sending your children to school with a key around their necks, or changing the entire lock if you have a flame out with a nanny. SchlageElectronic Keypad Locks also provide relief from the rare occasions when you are locked out of the house or your child arrives home unexpectedly – without you there.

We recently surveyed over 1,200 people in our Mom community about home safety and locks, and the responses were nothing short of amazing. A few stats that came to light:

➢    80% of Mom respondents reported that stories of local crimes encourage them to rethink their current locks.
➢    70% of Moms have given keys to people who are not members of the household and when asked to consider how many non-residents have keys to their homes, 86% reported feeling at least moderately concerned.
➢    84% of Moms have experienced a child, babysitter, or housekeeper entering a designated “off-limits” area in the home, sometimes with serious consequences.
➢    Almost half (48%) of survey Moms said they would like to leave a spare key hidden outside of the house but don’t feel comfortable doing so.
➢    84% of respondents reported that house members have been locked out of their home at least a couple times per year.

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