Knocking on bedroom door

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At what age should you knock before entering your child’s bedroom?
My 11 year old ds has just shouted at me “knock before you come in.”
He’s turned really stroppy and unreasonable lately and I don’t feel he deserves to have that control/ authority.
What do you think?

That is about the age you might knock especially if they are starting puberty and you might catch them naked

You should always knock on a closed door from any age.

Absolutely 100% you do it by the age of 11.

There may well be occasions when you enter immediately due to concerns, but the norm should absolutely be to respect privacy.

Normal to knock. Especially if the child asks for that.

I think that you are very unreasonable.

Normally people teach knocking when they enter before they go to pre-school?

You usually just walk into an 11 old's room? I don't blame them for being stroppy! I know you think they shouldn't have that much control or authority, but perhaps they just want respect and a reasonable level of privacy. They might think the same about you in terms of control and authority.

I wouldn't knock, but I'd call out and ask if it's ok to come in. Same thing really but knocking reminds me of knocking on the bosses door!

I knock and my DS is 5 - I just thought everyone did - I say start now OP xx

Agree with others that really if a door is closed you should knock. I knock on my 4-year-olds door if it's closed, not because I think she needs privacy as such but because it's good manners: if my bedroom door is closed I expect her to knock so I extend the same courtesy. Definitely with teens/pre-teens though!