Kids knocking on doors d running away!

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I caught one today. Have no idea who she is and asked her why she’s doing it. She responded she didn’t do it, I then showed her my ring doorbell. She looks about 12 I think.

The Mum thinks it’s completely harmless. I explained there are millions of other games she could play that didn’t involve disturbing her neighbours

It wouldn't have bothered me before I had DD but she is ND and some of the local kids went through a phase of doing it really hard so that the door would shake and she would get really upset.

They've grown out of it now but it wasn't nice.

That's a completely different situation. This is about a chokd knocking on thr door abd running away. Not kicking the door in so badly it causes damage ar 2am in the morning. The people doing that are not playing knock down ginger.

It’s not ok and no not everyone played it. I wouldn’t have dreamed of it and my parents would have given me into serious trouble if I did. It’s incredibly annoying and it can also be very distressing to some elderly people and some people with learning disabilities. Anyone who actively allows their kids to do it when they know that they are, is an arsehole.

The teenagers around here stopped when I chased the with a roller pole when they decided it would be fun to do it at midnight.

They’ve not been back.

Knock knock ginger!!!

It happens a lot where I live as there are lots of kids. I usually just don’t bother answering the door. I quite like hearing the laughter as they are running away.

Me and my eldest managed to answer the door as they knocked 1 time and it was quite amusing when they were just stood on the doorstep not knowing what to say. One just asked me what the time was in the end, which I thought was a good save, before going off 😂

I would never let my kids do this!

Well they're not going to tell you are they 😂

Same here . Dont really question why do you . It just was. Hide n seek was called forty forty where I lived.

12 is a bit old. I stopped doing that in primary school

I remember my dad sitting in bathroom above the front door and throwing a bucket of water over them.

They shouldn’t do it I agree with you but sadly it’s very common. If you give any reaction it will get worse so the best way to solve the issue quickly is just totally ignore / have no reaction.

We called it thunder and lightning! I wonder when it first started! My mum is 79 and she used to play it.

Don't react. Ignore them completely.

If you pay them any attention word will spread and you'll make your house a target. They'll all want to see what happens when they ring your bell.

It's annoying but I am a little bit charmed that it still goes on. The last time I did it it was in Italy and I was 18 years old (!) with a 10 year old Italian accomplice...

It was cherry knocking when I was a kid. We would keep going back to the houses where we got the biggest reaction. Disconnect your door bell if you have one and ignore. They'll soon get bored.

I feel the same as you. When the kids are a menace it’s not fucking fun. We have kids who are only visiting relatives kick our side fences and boot the front door. It jangles my fucking nerves at the fucking cheek of it all. Where are the parents? Sitting indoors with the door shut. Loathe it. Same old shit every summer

Ah, cherry knocking. If you react they’ll do it even more. A lot of children do this, it’s almost a rite of passage. I find it hard to believe that you don’t appear to even be aware of it as something children do to annoy. My children did it once in a hotel that we were at for a wedding. The thought it was hysterical. I did rip a strip off of them when I found out that’s what they were doing though. You’ve got a ring doorbell so you can see who it is, just ignore them and they’ll stop.

When it initially started did you react or ignore them?

OP, I hope you’re ok you sound really low. I’m sending support vibes. Even a little bit of fresh air works for me when I’m under the black cloud, if that’s out today I’d put an old fave film on snuggle under the covers on the sofa. I always force myself to a fresh washed lotioned and potioned face, makes me feel calmer.

(We called it knock-door-bunk where I grew up on a Cambridge council estate in the early 80s, I was always afraid to join in!)

kids can be so clueless, they have no idea whos door they are knocking on.

Tommy Knockers Tommy Knockers knocking on your door
See if you can catch us 2 3 4
This was hugely popular with my friends and I years ago until we got caught knocking on a teachers door, her husband was unimpressed and chased us up the road threatening to clip our ears.

It is annoying. Don’t answer the door. Check on your ring doorbell first.

If you had a ring door bell - why did you bother answering as you can see she ran off?

We had this from the first day we moved into a council house on what we thought was a nice street, having fled domestic violence. It quickly progressed to knocking the window and throwing things. It scared the life out of me for obvious reasons (I have c-ptsd from abuse) and upset my dog so much (they'd also wind him up separately through the windows) that he became super reactive and difficult to manage. Between the noise of the taunting children and the dog being provoked to bark constantly, I became very very ill and had to move.

It's not the fun and games people think. I'm disabled and didn't have a ring doorbell back then.

It is very irritating but the absolute worst thing to do is open your door.

Just check the ring doorbell and ignore it if its them.

If they aren't getting a reaction they'll stop.

Im sorry you are not doing very well right now.