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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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[cereta]

Oh, yeah. I mean, I have mentioned a time of three thousand: there's three of us sharing a bathroom, and I'm not terribly fussed about nudity. But the small fanperson has recently expressed some boundaries, so we've adjusted. It's part of being a parent, IMHO, letting a child develop their boundaries and respecting the ones that aren't dangerous.