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I never had a lock on my door when I was a kid. My dad was a volunteer firefighter for a while when I was young and he'd seen way too many tragedies that could have been avoided if doors weren't locked. So for that reason my parents never installed or offered to install locks.
I think you can feel every bit as safe and private if everyone in the house has a mutual respect for closed doors and everyone else's privacy. Teach your kids to treat closed doors as locked ones. Don't bother opening closed doors, just knock and ask if you can come in and wait until you get a positive response before opening.
That's what I'll teach my kids.
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