Safe Luxury - What makes you feel safe at home?

What makes you feel safe at home?

Say your parents went out and they were coming back the next day or very late, you are left home alone lets say a industrial area where you don't have any nabours or you are far away from any nabours. Ok, I'll admit it I do get scared at sometimes when this happens to me. And come on you gotta admit it to! I rely on my security system when I'm alone lol, what do you rely on when home alone?

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God, my wits, my mitts, and the 2x4 under the bed.
i'm rely on baseball bat.. or maybe take my key car, open the garage and drive to my friends house somewhere and have fun..
I hated that. However, I lived in the city and not in a good area. How did I 'feel safe', I don't think I totally felt safe but what I used to do was put butter knives in the doorframes so it would keep then from being opened {atleast without me knowing first} and locked myself in my room with the phone. Or, when I got older, lol, I had my boyfriend {yes, we're still together too :D} come over....I felt safer with a man present.
luckily I had a dog that would bark if anyone came near, but I always kept a lot of lights on and the tv on the whole time. That made me feel like if anyone was going to come to the house they would think that someone was still up. Hope this helps!!
My dog and my terrible aim (some things are so bad they're good, right?).
Hi, I got left alone as a teen lots, too. I still do the things that made me feel safe - no security system here, or back then. I never, ever leave doors to the house unlocked. I check doors and windows (those that are accessable) before bed. If I'm really nervous I check closets and behind doors - just so I know that nobody could have been hiding there. I know, it's silly, but even as an adult in my 30s I get like this. I sleep with the telephone next to me on the bedside table. Sometimes I will even check for a dialtone before going to bed. I watch the cat. I know that if anyone was here, she'd know, and wouldn't be relaxed. Heck, she'd be asking him/her for food. I check on my son, I'll admit it, before I go to sleep. He's fifteen months. I'm sure I'll do it when he's a teenager. I know my mom did! It's totally okay to be worried, especially when you're on your own without anyone nearby. Even with close neighbours I can't help but wonder, if something happened, what would I do? And I'm a confident, able, competent adult!
Security system and a dog outside the house.
I'm 13(almost 14).We don't have a 'security system' at home.Anyway now I don't live with my parents but with a friend of mine - she works whole day and I stay home(or go out) the whole day without any adults and any 'security'.What makes me feel safe?The fact that I'm responsible and I can't get scared so easily by something so natural as staying in your home (alone or not).If I'm alone,as I am 8-9 hours a day(not alone,but with two babies,my daughters) I watch TV,listen to music,study, go out for a walk or for a shopping,play with my babies...I do a lot of stuff.I am lucky my mother is Spanish and in spain they don't have these ridiculous rules not to leave the child alone at home.I am used to being alone for big amounts of time since I went to school(when I was 6 years old). There is nothing scary in being alone at home,it is actually very interesting time - you do what you want and noone bothers you if you need privacy or want to turn the music volume up:)
LOL...I never thought I would see a question like that!But since all parents in USA stick with their children and never leave them alone at home...of course you will feel insecure.I'm not american,I live in Europe(and it seems to be the better choice for me).There aren't such rules and laws as "don't leave the child alone...tra-la-la... Where I live,we have locks on out doors(USA people seem not to have) and we know how to use them as soon as we go to school - at 6-7 years.Also,my parents didn't look at me as at helpless non-adequate and brainless creature and they treated me(and still treat me) as theirs equal,not as a baby.I have stayed alone at home since I remember myself.When I went to school (here we go at the age of 7),my parents had to work whole day so they could run the family(here all adults work whole day except teachers) and I had to be alone at home for the 5-6 hours after school.It was a very nice time for me - I was alone and I could watch TV without someone else interrupting me with "I want to watch another TV-show" or I could listen to music without hearing "turn the volume down,I want to sleep",I also did my homework and nobody hanging over my head and watching what do I write and how do I read...which later made me one of the best students in class - I was used to doing my homework alone without anyone checking it later(except the teacher) and that made me aware of the mistakes I made and I learned how to correct them.All that because nobody made me feel I can make all mistakes I want and they will correct them instead of me.Another good point in staying alone at home was that I learnt responsibility.I knew how to make a sandwich and I learned why did I have to lock the door when I come home or go out.I was also happy I could play alone with my dolls,not with someone watching me which always bothered me.when I got a bit older I never felt scare or anything of something so normal as staying alone at home.Here in europe it is absolutely normal thing.
Ok this is what I do: I turn on my alarm so that if any door is opened leading into the house the alarm goes off. I make sure all the blinds are shut, windows closed and locked, and that all the doors are locked. I turn on the T.V and a few lights around the house (so then it looks like someones home) I stay down-stairs and watch movies, TV shows, and stuff on my DVR until my parents get home. So yeah that's what I do when I have to stay home alone.
My comfy bed and my tv. Or, if I was that scared, I think I would call a friend or something. Oh, and don't watch any scary movies.
When I was that age I would just make sure the doors were locked. There are 6 kids in my family so we never had the time to be scared when the folks weren't home, just happy to run around like maniacs, lol. Being left home in the USA isn't any different from any other country. My parents were leaving us home alone since the age of 9 (my sister) and 8 (me) to take care of our siblings who were 6, 3, 2, and a infant. My folks worked ALL day, they had 6 kids!!!! We never had our parents breathing down our necks but we never got into trouble either. We just knew the rules of keeping ourselves safe and didn't open the door for anyone.
If you are scared call a friend. I would never leave my daughter home alone for long periods.You should have a list of contact numbers in case something happened.
i rely on the knife thats in my hand and trusts that every one knows not to fU cK with me !!.... :)
I lock all the doors and close all the blinds and curtains and i get my bed cover and sit on the sofa and watch TV with my dogs next to me !
My dog. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and hear strange noises and try to get my dog to go see what it was. She'd just lift her head and look at me as if to say, "These noises happen every night. If it was important, I'd investigate and then let you know if I thought it was something you needed to do something about. Now go back to bed and let me go back to sleep!" I never really appreciated her reassurance until the first night after she died and I woke up to a strange noise, and she wasn't there to "tell" me there was nothing to worry about. And I'm in my 60's, by the way. In your situation, if you don't have a dog, I highly recommend that you see if a friend can stay over with you anytime your parents are going to be gone. You're never too old for a sleepover.
home is where i feel comfortable but yea,there r times wen i get damn scared so i lock the door,take my cat,on the TV on high volume and sit on the net.i know it sounds crazy but this is wat i do.if i get really scared i sing really loudly!!!!nd its so irritatin to my poor ears but i cnt help it!!!!!! houses wen left alone can be scary,u can hear strange sounds,but its just out imagination.i heard footsteps once!!!!!can u believe it???tat was the scariest day of my life!!!
I always Call my boyfriend over and spend time with him... my parents are ok with it because they know i'm a scaried cat. I also keep my two dogs in the house and also have my high hells by the side of my bed so i can jabb someone in the eye with it. Hehe... I feel totally safe at my house.
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