Maybe unreasonable? maybe I've been daft? (internal glass door)

[Feminine]

I've just had one fitted for the living room. Brand new, safety glass etc... DH came home and said he was worried about if the children throw something at it?

TBH, I hadn't even thought about risks with using one. I wanted to let in more light...and replace the shabby old thing that hung there previously!

My children don't ( as a rule) throw things...Are they considered safe these days? bearing in mind its no longer the dangerous '70's style door of my youth?

oh, and its just half of the door...

We have glass internal doors, only problem has been finger prints and hand prints! Survived baby, toddler and teen years so far.

They're fine. My DH is utterly neurotic and is quite happy for us to have glass panels on the door to the kitchen to let light in to the hall.

YANBU Top half of all my downstairs doors are glass for the very reason you've put it in, DS is 15 and never broken one either by chucking something or slamming it . If its safety glass it won't break dangerously I think it breaks like a windscreen thousands of tiny pieces .

Oh thank you...I was starting to think I'd been a bit of a fool!

It looks so lovely, I want to do the rest of the downstairs!

I've been thrilled with our two glass doors. They have transformed the room they open into, it was so dark before it was very unloved and unused.
All the little panes have the safety kite symbol on them, so I don't worry about danger to the kids.

I am sure they are safe these days aren't they. What with health and safety everywhere.

When we moved into our house which is Victorian but had been refurbished in about the 1960's/70's we had a glass front door. My DSes were playing football in the hallway. Cue noise of breaking glass. Me rushing out see guilty looking boys, one holding football, lots of glass everywhere. I ushered them out so they wouldn't cut themselves on the glass, mildly told them off for not being careful, cleared up all the glass, called glazier to put new window in.

It was only after all that happened they told me it wasn't the ball that had broken the glass, it was my youngests head which had gone through it when he tripped up. Thank god it wasn't serious, I still get heart palpitations when I think about it and it was about 8 years ago. Very unsafe old glass.

I have a toddler who throws when frustrated and likes to test the noises things make when bashed against other things. We also have two glazed doors downstairs in our house. He's not managed to break one yet (and trust me he's tried when in the throes of temper).

Nah, they're safe - DH headbutted one so hard in a holiday apartment he actually bounced back from it and landed halfway across the floor. The door was fine. DH is a big guy with a big head.

Of course, I would discourage your DC's from flinging things at it and slamming it shut etc because not every glass door they'll ever come across will be safety glass, but I wouldn't worry about your door. Enjoy the light!

Thanks all :)