Easier Ways to Check in on Your Kids When You’re Not Home

One of the great­est sources of con­cern for any par­ent is not know­ing where their chil­dren are. Did they arrive home from school? Are they safe? What about the babysit­ter – is every­thing okay?

For work­ing par­ents espe­cial­ly, keep­ing track of school-age chil­dren dur­ing the day can be stress­ful. Even when kids have mobile phones, this does­n’t mean they will respond to your calls and texts. So when you’re stuck at work, not know­ing whether your child is safe at home, it can throw you into a pan­ic.

Thank­ful­ly, today’s home secu­ri­ty solu­tions have made it much eas­i­er to check in on your kids when you’re not home while still giv­ing them the pri­va­cy they deserve.

Here are a few exam­ples.

1) Get auto­mat­ic noti­fi­ca­tions from your home secu­ri­ty sys­tem.

Let’s say you’re at work when your daugh­ter comes home from school every day. Maybe you’ve asked your daugh­ter to text you when she gets home so that you know she made it safe­ly. But will she do that every day? There’s no guar­an­tee.

With many of today’s home secu­ri­ty sys­tems, you can receive auto­mat­ed noti­fi­ca­tions on your phone when your child enters the home and dis­arms the secu­ri­ty sys­tem. This reas­sures you that your daugh­ter safe­ly made it home from school, even if she for­gets to send you a mes­sage.

What if she for­got her key to the front door? No prob­lem. You can use the same sys­tem to unlock the door remote­ly and dis­arm the sys­tem.

2) See for your­self with home secu­ri­ty cam­eras.

A noti­fi­ca­tion is nice, but some­times you just want to ensure your child is safe at home. Secu­ri­ty cam­eras offer a sim­ple way to do this.

With exte­ri­or cam­eras, for exam­ple, you can receive auto­mat­ic alerts when your child (or any­one else) approach­es the door, allow­ing you to view the real-time video of your child arriv­ing home. And, if you can’t check your phone right away, you can eas­i­ly watch the record­ed clip lat­er.

Indoor cam­eras pro­vide addi­tion­al peace of mind, espe­cial­ly if you won’t return home for a few hours. The cam­eras allow you to con­firm that your child is still safe­ly inside the home (with­out pes­ter­ing them con­stant­ly with calls or texts).

3) Say ‘hel­lo’ to your child and their babysit­ter while you’re out.

Were you going on a din­ner date? Just because you’re going out does­n’t mean you must be “in the dark” about what’s hap­pen­ing with your kids.

Use your secu­ri­ty cam­era to check in on your chil­dren and their babysit­ter right from your phone. Even if you’re in the mid­dle of din­ner, you can view the live video quick­ly and qui­et­ly to ensure every­thing is okay.

Even bet­ter, why not com­mu­ni­cate direct­ly with your kids? With many secu­ri­ty cam­eras and alarm sys­tems, 2‑way com­mu­ni­ca­tion allows you to have con­ver­sa­tions now through your phone. So even if you’re check­ing in to say “hel­lo,” you can speak with your kids and ask the babysit­ter if every­thing is going smooth­ly.

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For more infor­ma­tion on how today’s home secu­ri­ty sys­tems and secu­ri­ty cam­eras can pro­vide peace of mind for your fam­i­ly, con­tact our secu­ri­ty experts at PROTECTION PLUS.