I have three kids who are all teenagers. As you can imagine, my house is always a mess and our schedule is crazy. None of my kids are able to drive yet, so my husband and I are constantly running them around from activity to activity. This past year has proven really difficult to stay on top of their shenanigans, because they got into a really bad habit of changing the thermostat settings. When my husband and I told them that they weren’t allowed to change the temperature of our house without permission, they argued that their friends were able to do it at their houses. This seemed unlikely, but even so, we couldn't’ afford to recklessly heat and cool our house. We had a smart thermostat that controlled the temperature for us so that our HVAC system would run efficiently. When our kids proved that they were not capable of keeping their hands off the thermostat, we had no other choice but to purchase a protective box to place around the thermostat. One installed, it would prevent anyone from opening it up and changing the temperature without a key. My husband and I hid the key in a secret location and we never shared the location around the kids. Once they know where it’s at, they’ll steal it to change the temperature. Our kids were furious at first, but we haven’t had any issues with the temperature changing since! We should’ve installed the box around our thermostat a long time ago.