Ring doorbell goes off continuously

They are getting a rise out of you and enjoying it. Stop opening the door and trying to reason with them. Just totally blank it however many times they try. I did once have to do this with a very persistent brat child when my kids were the age of yours. It took persistence but it really wasn't long before they gave up and moved on.

You can see on a Ring doorbell who is there so you could quickly establish whether it was something important or just the brats again.

Stop being so afraid of approaching the parents or of what they think. Most reasonable parents would want to know if their child was annoying the neighbours in this sort of way. I know I would have, and would have put a stop to it. Granted that some wouldn't be so keen, but then why does it matter what they think? They probably wouldn't be types you would want your DD to associate much with.

It's not tough at all. You either ignore them or go and speak to the parents.

Fgs they’re kids.
Move and let your DD be lonely and unsociable like you.

It’s a tough one, you are currently running the risk of saying no so often that they stop hanging out with your daughter entirely. How would you feel if they never knocked on again?

sometimes it’s about habits on the days you don’t have deliveries can you turn the notifications off? It may only take a couple of days for them to form new habits

DC don’t always understand your pov. They don’t read social conventions.
They don’t really understand that you’re working, especially if their DP don’t work from home.
They are inclined to think that when you passionately want something, things can change.

You need to be blunt.

Hi Sarah, Susie isn’t playing. Don’t come again until tomorrow.

"this is private property. You can’t jump our fence or come into our garden. That’s not okay. It’s being recorded on camera and automatically shared with neighbourhood watch.”

Although the danger is that they find this fun and keep coming back. Could you look a bit scary? Disheveled? Like you eat children? 😂

Sounds like their parents are neglecting them in the school holidays. Shame.

Otherwise, speak or text the parents, hope your holiday is going well. your kid is so sweet, she seems so keen to see dd and I feel sorry for her as dd is away at <name of fancy camp> . Are you going away anytime? Hope your dd has a lovely holiday, such a shame my dd is not around to play"

Clearly they are bored and this has become a game. You need to give them a stern telling off. Dd isn't here and we are busy working so stop knocking on the door. The fact you mention being being scared to be firmer with them in case their parents confront you suggests they have accurately assessed you as a bit a of a wet blanket and they are taking the piss.

Just stick with “I’m working and my daughter isn’t available. When she is available to play she’ll come out.” Don’t give them a reason or a timeframe to argue with you about. Then if you need to approach the parents keep the conversation about how their child is constantly interrupting you at work.

Why are you opening the door? If anything I'd speak using the ring app and tell them please not to come back this week.

Otherwise, "thank you for stopping by, dd is not here this week, so no need to come back until Monday. She is not here. Have fun!" slam door.

if they want the trampoline, just say, "oh no, that's not allowed, when dd is not here."

It's not hard.

I would wind me up too, little shits 😄

Don't try and keep reasoning with the wee girl who keeps answering back. Or give any reasons why your daughter cannot play. That just gives her an opportunity to annoy you and answer back.

Just say 'daughter is not in and dont come back today/ until certain time' then close the door in their faces.

If they come back again repeat. If they do it again say you are going to speak to their parents about their behaviour and actually do that. Otherwise this wee girl is going to walk all over you.

She seems particularly rude if she is rolling her eyes at you.
Or she has no respect for you as you give in to her and actually argue back with her.

Yes, I’d like to second that suggestion to put a big note on the gate. And to really drive the message home put the kids names on it so it’s big enough for everyone to see as they go past 😂I bet you’re not the only parent being annoyed by this behaviour.

Can you try a note on the gate so they don’t come into the garden?

Surly it’s part and parcel of your child having neighbour hood friends. You could tell your child they’re no longer allowed to play with them and that would stop the problem.
However I think this is more of a ring problem than a child problem. Mute the notifications, it’s not hard. If parcels are left on your door step, surly seeing the alert without having to hear it go off every five minutes is the answer.

Speak to the children and tell them if they see a note, please don’t come back and read it multiple times. Problem is, you gave in, so now they know that it’s worth keep trying. I turned off my motion, it just goes off when someone rings the bell. Speak to their parent if they continue.

Ps. My normal doorbell will still ring if somebody pushes the button.

I can totally appreciate how annoying the alerts from the doorbell are. The problem here is the 3 kids that keep coming back. If it were me and they came back that many times I’d open the door and tell them they must stop what they’re doing and explain why. If they keep coming back I’d tell them off. And if they continue I’d talk to their parents and hope they weren’t like our neighbour who said their child way entitled to lurk about on my property if they felt like it.

It's part and parcel of having dc on school holidays. Yabu