As an adult, I expect a certain amount of privacy. As a mother, I don't get any. Ever since my children were born, they have had the idea that walking in any room without knocking, is their inalienable right. Door can be closed, and yet, it is still not a signal enough to keep out.
It used to not bother me too much. They were young and I didn't feel like they would be significantly damaged if they saw their own mother in a semi state of undress. But now that they are getting older themselves, I feel like this is something they should not be aware of any longer. I don't want them having the wrong idea of what a naked female is supposed to look like. No woman is born with these stretchmarks, saggy old and used breasts and cellulite.
Unfortunately, my children have yet to catch on to the fact that a closed door means "knock". I am beginning to believe that they have no manners at all. Just today, I was in the bathroom when my daughter bursts in. "Out!!!" I cried, and she responds with , "We are both girls, so it's ok mom."
How do I stop this? Locks I suppose.
i have a good idea that would actually be fun... go to michaels or a craft store and get wood and string and paints and glitter and you can have them help you make signs for all the doors that would need signes... bathrooms and bedrooms and when the sign is flipped to do not enter or whatever then they will know that the person in that room would like some privacy and it would be fun too
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