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One of the items that I've always thought peculiar is the 2 hour wait of Mary.

I always thought that there should have been a phone in the girls room as large as the house was.

Someone here said that wouldn't be common in an LDS household, but I'm not convinced that's true. I would think a phone would be an added safety measure in a house as large as the Smart's. No one in the know has mentioned it one way or another, but MK could have called the police if there had been a phone.

Someone here said that wouldn't be common in an LDS household, but I'm not convinced that's true.

It is true - in many Mormon homes. Unnecessary, external influences i.e. TV, phones, internet, are controlled and/or avoided whenever practical.

I would think a phone would be an added safety measure in a house as large as the Smart's. No one in the know has mentioned it one way or another, but MK could have called the police if there had been a phone.

A 6000 sq. ft. home is large, but not huge.

I never thought about putting a phone in a child's room as a safety measure. In our family, the children are not allowed to have computers, telephones, televisions, and the like in their rooms. Mr. Cookiedough and I figure that if we put all that in, the kids will live in their rooms instead of with the rest of the family. Also, we closely restrict and supervise the use of those items.

The children think we are throwbacks to another time, because many of their friends have rooms which lack only a kitchen to be called separate apartments.

We have a fairly large house, and the only telephone is in the kitchen. We have two computers -- the one that is hooked up to the internet is in the den. Our only television is in the living room.

I am saying this only to point out that some people who can otherwise afford more stuff choose not to have it because of their personal beliefs and lifestyle.

Now that you bring up phones as a safety measure, I am going to find the extra phone and put it in my bedroom. Good idea.