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By China at 7:38 AM

I remember when we got our first home security system. It was when I first started high school (or maybe a little bit before that) and we had this guy come in and ask us all kinds of different, and weird, questions. He asked us if we get up a lot at night or how often we go outside (how on earth do you answer a question like that) and also about our dog and his invisible fence. There was a whole book of questions we had to fill out (they even asked how often we go to the bathroom at night). But I guess the reason for all of the questions was so that we could get a security system that fit our family and its needs.

They told us that different people with different routines or different age groups of children needed different protection (which makes sense I guess I just never really thought about it that hard before). So if we get up a lot at night to go to the bathroom or my sister and I are older and come in and out of the house late at night we wouldn't want an alarm that sensor after midnight and goes off. But maybe an elderly couple does or a single person or a family with smaller children who need to keep tabs on it. But if we had that, with my sister and I coming in and out with friends it would never stop going off.

We also had to talk about a security camera and how we felt about them and what rooms (if any we wanted them in). Since it is my dad who is in charge of them and my sister and I are older it would be kind of weird to have them in our bedrooms, but my younger brother and sister had one in theirs for a little while when they were babies so he could keep an eye on them in his office. We have one in the basement and then in the hallway and outside by each of the doors and by the deck and pool. They are all hooked up to the screen in my dad's office so he (or we) could look at them if need be. Security systems are tricky sometimes and go off when they aren't supposed to, but I think overall it makes us feel better having one.