Should parents put a sign on their bedroom door when they are having sex?

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I know you can lock the door, but you can still get a knock or loud bang on your door and kids yelling, which could be like a bucket of cold ice, disturbing the whole event.

What is your take on this important question?

Should parents put a sign on their bedroom door when they are having sex?

CoolGuy7532 · Accepted Answer

I really don't think it is necessary to put a sign up. I mean I understand if they are really little and are banging on the door and having a fit. But if they are older, like 12, they know that their parents will be doing stuff together. Personally, I'm a nudist. In nudist families, you see each other nude all the time. If the son or daughter is a preteen going into teen, I would just leave the door open. It might be helpful for them to understand what's going on. It would be a learning experience for them.

markjohn7593 · Accepted Answer

Signs are fine but being open with kids doesn’t make having sex a big deal. If they understand the purpose, expectations, etc it becomes second nature and no big deal. Our society has tabooed nudity and sex into something evil. It is not evil — the abuse of it is.

NamerOfStars · Answer

I don't have kids, but I clearly remember being one, and putting up a sign won't stop shouting from other parts of the house. It may buy you SOME time, but I wouldn't count on much- especially if your kids are young enough to still be curious.

DizzyDesii · Answer

No. Kids know. We dont need a sign. And even with it, most would still interrupt with intention to cockblock. Trust me my friends, classmates, cousins, etc we all used to plot how we’d go home and do petty shit to ruin their session. No one wanted to hear that shit

wheresmrcunnunglis · Answer

Lorde noooo. Last thing any child wants to even ACKNOWLEDGE is the fact that their parents are people with desires who have sex, blec muahaha!

KarinMcDonald · Answer

When our kids were home, we just worked it around their schedules. But now we're making up for lost time.

Katie1964 · Answer

We can't remember to lock the door, much less to put a sign out. Our kids have walked in on on us several times. Oops. Not a problem. Yeah kind of ruins the moment but we can usually pick it back up.

RobT312 · Answer

I don’t think I’ll ever use signs. I’d rather be discreet and lock the door. Eventually when they get older they will figure it out themselves

erandal · Answer

Oh god no, that would be just as embarrassing for the children to read that as it would be for them to come in and see their parents doing it. We just have a basic lock on the door, enough to stop it being opened but weak enough that it could be broken in an emergency.

LovingLoverReturned · Answer

According to their age. A kid who doesn't get horny, no puberty won't understand the value of sex anyway. So not a sex sign for them... also for older kids they will be pissed maybe at that sign, lol embarrassed or pissed, so they may figure it out anyway and still id' use a discreet sign for older one

Apple1996 · Answer

Nah seems pointless like I don't even bother closing the door anymore when having sex. The older kids know to stay away from our room and the baby is usually in the room causing all the interruptions. Not like he can read or even care about a sign lol

Emilyis · Answer

NO just lock the door if you have to but we never lock our door for safety.

SeekingSubmission · Answer

Yes! Put up a sign to get the point across that you don't want to be disturbed! But don't make it obvious that your actually having sex!

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Not all doors have locks, and not all kids can read. My ex’s 6 year old daughter interrupted us once. I don’t think a sign would have helped. We just put more effort into distracting the kids for a short time. That was usually adequate.

Th3ft · Answer

I mean I do t remember my parents worrying about kids walking in. But I also don’t remember ever walking in on them. We did have a pretty strict rule of always nocking fist though.

AviatorTom · Answer

After my wife and I had kids old enough to be mobile on their own, we had a simple rule. Our bedroom door was usually open and the kids could come in if they wanted to. But if the door was closed, it meant Mom and Dad didn't want to be disturbed (we were having sex or just talking, but didn't tell the kids that), and our kids respected that, unless there was an emergency. That only happened once when our older son fell down the stairs and his younger brother came to get us. They were 6 and 4 yo then. He saw Dad on top of Mom, and just wanted us to help his brother. Mom quickly threw on a robe and did that.

mstbooblover · Answer

That question is better than it seems at first sight, but having not had myself children to raise, I can only emit an opinion. Putting a sign on the door seems to me too far fetched, a bit ridicule, and even gross. Children should just be taught to behave themselves, and maybe knock on their parent's bedroom door before entering. And let's face it, if they get by accident to see their parents having fun, a few plain words of explanation, depending on their age without too many details, may help.

sheikalana · Answer

No sign needed just lock the door.

dreamstar72 · Answer

Just hang up a piece of clothing over the doorknob

Bmories99 · Answer

We tend to lock the door but we also wait till the kids are in bed or they are at a sleepover. Sometimes we go to our room just to get away from the kids so we can talk.