IT’S natural to feel the need to take extra precautions when you’re looking after your children alone.
However, one mum is being trolled for how far she goes to ensure her safety at home.
Karolina, known as karolina.my.motherhood on TikTok, has shared the steps she takes to keep her family secure.
In a video on her TikTok page, Karolina revealed she “always does this when home alone”.
To start, she signals to anyone outside that the house is occupied by leaving her trainers outside the front door.
She then double-locks the doors.
Next, she uses a blanket to cover the glass section of the door, preventing anyone from peeping in.
Karolina also tapes the letterbox shut, ensures all the windows are closed, and draws the curtains.
She then secures the back conservatory door by shutting and locking it, before wedging it shut with a chair to stop it being opened from the outside.
Moving to another door in her home, she attaches a coat hook to the side of it and wraps bells around the door handle and hook.
This way, if the door is opened, the bells will jingle.
She also balances an empty tealight candle on the same door handle and places a pen on top of it.
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Finally, she adds a doorstop alarm, which sounds if the door is pushed against it.
But despite justifying her precautions as safe for her when she is alone with her child, many other TikTokers disagreed with her techniques
Some took to her comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “That’s a great way to give your kid anxiety as they get older.”
A second added: “I understand that you may have your own reasons for being extra cautious but this will end up making your child very nervous.
“Perhaps talk to someone about your fears.”
However, another person said: “I grew up with my mum never locking the doors and now I’m a full adult and get anxious when doors are unlocked at night so it’s not how you were raised.”
But someone else suggested: “I think you should move out of that area.”