Dinner is ready, we have to leave in ten minutes or a simple question awaits an answer. However, it was impossible to contact the children. Rather than raising their voice, a cunning trick could make them react immediately.
Getting a child’s attention isn’t always easy, especially for families who live in two-story homes. When children spend time in their room, the distance complicates interactions. The doors remain closed, the music plays in the headphones, the video games capture all the attention or a series occupies the screen. Parents speak, but the message does not always cross the few meters that separate them from their child.
By repeating the same requests, many end up raising their voices. At the moment, the method works. But it also creates a habit that is difficult to break. Some children no longer intervene from the first call. They unconsciously wait for the second or third. Others only respond when they hear a firmer tone. Little by little, the whole house adopts a higher volume. To avoid this escalation, many parents look for other solutions. Some establish simple rules. Others ask children to leave their door ajar when staying in their room. Some families even develop their own codes. A particular noise, a few knocks against a partition or a signal agreed in advance are sometimes enough to attract attention without transforming each request into a shout throughout the house.
Others decided to approach the problem differently. Rather than relying on their voice or the sweeping of a broom on the ceiling, they use an audible signal. The principle is based on a simple idea: replace the verbal call with a sound that the child instantly identifies as a message intended for him. Concretely, these parents place small wireless doorbells in the children’s rooms and group the corresponding buttons in a central room of the house. Each child has their own button, identified by their initial.
When a parent needs to talk to him, he just presses it. The bell rings immediately in the room concerned. No more repeating his first name from downstairs or going up the stairs to check if he heard correctly. The most? These adhesive doorbells generally cost around 10 euros each and are installed in a few minutes. Above all, they allow you to continue living in a calm, organized and shouting-free environment. And for parents who are starting to know every step on their staircase by heart, the idea is food for thought.
