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[conuly]

Dear Care and Feeding,

Please settle this battle between my 16-year-old and myself. She wants to put a lock on her bedroom door. (Her younger brother does, admittedly, bust in on her a lot.) I just don’t like the idea. I don’t like the idea of locks in my house, I don’t think she really knows what she’s asking for, and it’s causing a lot of fights.

—The House Is for Everyone

Let her put a lock on the door. She’s 16. She’ll be an adult and out the door in two years. She deserves to be able to masturbate in peace. This is the easiest question I have ever gotten. Thank you.

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[redbird]

I don't think it's the 16-year-old who doesn't know what she's asking for, or why. This is a parent who can write for advice because "my 16-year-old wants to be able to lock her door, because her younger brother routinely busts in on her when she has the door closed. I keep telling her no, even though I can't give a reason beyond 'I just don't like it.'"