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LCH-LOCK is an interactive door lock system designed for children's private spaces within future domestic environments. The system reconsiders how emotional states influence acts of entering, interrupting, and accessing personal space inside the household. The lock integrates tactile components including pressure-sensitive handles, touch spheres, combinational buttons, and a small display interface. Before entry is granted, users are guided through short interaction sequences such as controlled breathing, sustained touch, or simple physical tasks. These interactions function simultaneously as unlocking mechanisms and emotional buffering processes. By introducing small delays and embodied actions, impulsive moments of confrontation are gradually transformed into slower and more reflective behavioral transitions. For children, the system also operates as a playful negotiation interface rather than a purely restrictive device. Access becomes conditional upon participation, turning entry into a shared interaction rather than a unilateral assertion of authority. Over time, LCH-LOCK reshapes domestic expectations surrounding privacy, interruption, and emotional boundaries, positioning the doorway as a transitional emotional interface rather than a fixed division between spaces.