Early this afternoon a four’ish-year-old boy walked into my apartment uninvited and alone. I’m currently going through a mental health crisis and my door was unlocked so that my support worker and my mental health nurse could come in since I was still asleep due to the amount of medication that I’m on. I live in a very safe apartment block, and since I live on the top floor, no one ever comes up here. Leaving the door unlocked for my support team is normal for me, especially if emergency need quick access to me. I was woken up by this little boy yelling for his sister to come into my home because he found something cool. That “something cool “ was most likely my archery equipment and my collection of popmart figures that are in my lounge room. I yelled from my bed to get out of my house and he ran off. I was in full panic mode and yelled very loudly. Turns out he was the son of the landlord downstairs who was doing some maintenance. I confronted his father and said to him that he should keep a closer eye on his son and that his son was definitely old enough to know to never ever enter a strange person’s house uninvited and unaccompanied. I told him I have two cats that are aggressive towards children which is true, and he may have been attacked if he had approached them. I told him that I was a mental health patient currently waiting to go to an inpatient facility (true), and thank god I was not a criminal or currently In psychosis, like I was 3 days ago. I also asked if his son had taken or eaten any lollies (candy) from my coffee table. I told him that these were special gummies. Truthfully, I do not eat gummies and did not have any. I just wanted to give him a real scare that he had put his kid in a really dangerous situation by not keeping an eye on him. But there are definitely very very strong medications in my home, including a highly restricted sleeping medication. This kid could have ended up seriously sick or injured, since no child has ever been in my apartment and it’s not kid proofed, and I was fast asleep. The father barely reacted to all this information and just casually asked this small child if he ate any lollies, then said “it would have kicked in by now, he’s fine”. No apology for his kid walking into my home, no acknowledgment of the danger his son may have been in, nothing. Like he truly couldn’t have cared less. AITAH for using this fear tactic to try and get a father to think about his kids safety? Or should I have tried a different approach? I don’t know much about kids, but it still worries me that this little boy is happily walking into strangers homes, and his dad isn’t worried about it.