X10 Automation Simplifies Parenting
As any busy parent knows, keeping track of children can be quite the chore. As they run around the house from room to room, parents often can’t find time to do tasks they need to do around the house. They’re too busy keeping kids from pulling cookies out of the cupboard, drawing on the walls, or jumping down the stairs. The more kids in the family, the harder it is to know where they all are at all times. While the five-year-old is burying himself in the sandbox, the three-year-old is sliding down the banister. And don’t forget the older brother, who’s declared himself an expert mechanic and is taking apart the expensive crystal clock on the mantel.
Though the dream of many (most? all?) parents, it’s quite impossible to be everywhere at once. Instead, mothers run around, hassled, trying to clean the house and make the casserole for dinner and answer the phone call from the doctor to set up an appointment. All this time, they’re yelling at one child to stop banging on the piano, and wondering what that crash was upstairs, and why they haven’t heard a word from little Dan outside. They lose time working on things around the house while they run around to check up on the kids.
Well, what is the solution for weary, overtaxed mothers like this? Is there a solution? Well, it may not be possible to be everywhere in the house at once, but it is possible to have eyes and ears all over the house at once. Products such as the XX17A XCam2 WideEye Color Video Camera allow active parents to keep an eye on their children from one spot, viewing on a computer or TV screen what is going on from the view of any camera in the house. At night, when your child is sleeping, or playing outside in the dark, parents can feel safe with the XX20A NightWatch Wireless Low-Light B/W Camera.
If a child is scared in the dark or wakes up from a bad dream, a parent can use a remote such as the HR12A PalmPad Remote Control – X10 to turn on lights before he or she even gets to the bedroom to comfort the distraught child. A wireless remote control system using the TM751 Transceiver Module – X10 gives control over lights all around a house. All of these products are available through the Home Automation Store’s website.
The Home Automation Store sells a variety of X10 automation products at low prices. These products will greatly ease the anxiety a busy parent has while working in the house and knowing kids are running all around.
Setting up an automated system in a house is fairly simple with the right equipment. Once the system is set up, one can control lights and other equipment throughout the house from a PC in one central location, using X10 units for the entire system. Be brave and automate your home today!