Remote problems

Does this happen to anyone else with little kids? This drives me crazy and it seems like it happens every other day. First, the back cover of the remote gets lost, found, lost, found, etc. The batteries drift in and out during the cycle. Eventually the cover gets irretrievably lost. Then the batteries are just gone most of the time or at least one of them is. Then I try to tape the batteries in, but that's apparently just as much temptation because the tape gets torn off and batteries just disappear again. Asking where the cover or the batteries are is absolutely useless. I'll ask if anyone knows where the batteries are and get an answer like, "No, but can we get a dog?"