7 year old boy knocking on my door - advice please!

[Philomena]

I'm not really sure whether I should be worried about this or not, and would appreciate some advice.

I'm 37 weeks pregnant at the moment and have no other children. For the past week or so, a 7 year old boy has been knocking on our door asking if it is 6pm yet. He is friends with the little boy who lives next door but one. When next door but one are out, he hangs around the green outside our houses and waits, but lately, he has taken to knocking on our door.

Last time I went outside with him and encouraged him to go home. It turns out he does not live in our street, but it the street behind us. He seems awfully young to be wandering the streets alone, and I'm really concerned that he is knocking on the doors of strangers.

I had a chat with his friend's mum and she told me that he is always over their house, but she also had some concerns. She gave the impression that his mother isn't overly protective or caring.

I did think about ringing his school and sharing my concerns about him knocking on the doors of strangers. My neighbour gave me the impression that his mother would not be overly bothered.

Am I over-reacting? Is it normal behaviour for a 7 year old?

Thanks in advance.

Perhaps you need to be blunt with the child and explain that he shouldn't be knocking on peoples doors that he doesn't know. I would perhaps also add that you will soon be busy with the baby and knocking the door might wake it up so perhaps if freinds not in that he should go home.

Shame that you have to do this its basic stuff his mum should be telling him, but I still wonder if she is fully aware that he is chapping strangers doors.

I wonder if there are more paedophiles and abductions these days or if it is that we are just more aware of it. TBH I am more worried about the older kids that hang about here, they have already taunted my 2 at the park and I would worry about sending DS to the other end of the village as he would have to pass big groups of them.

Don't forget VVVQV's sensitive subject thread last month - statistically speaking stranger danger is not what we should be focusing on.

So true