Neighbour ring doorbells ruining kids playing

[ThatFlakyMauveTraybake]

We live in a cul-de-sac and many neighbours have ring doorbells. My child and others in the street play outside (something to be encouraged) but neighbours are complaining that their ring doorbells go off when the kids go on their driveway. The houses are all pretty close together with driveway next to eachother. We've even had neighbours shout abuse at the kids through the speaker and ive just had a neighbour message me that the constant notifications is annoying them while theyre on holiday abroad. Am i unreasonable to think its the technology thats the problem? Ring doorbells are there for security not to prevent little kids being kids.

The kids aren't on the neighbours drives though are they? I took this to mean that when the kids went on their own drives which are next to the neighbours drives the doorbell was activated.

My child and others in the street play outside (something to be encouraged) but neighbours are complaining that their ring doorbells go off when the kids go on their driveway.

I don't think there is a choice of staying in on a phone or running around on other peoples driveways.

I don't think it hurts to teach kids to have a bit of respect for other people and their homes - but easily OP could mean her own driveway.

No I’d prefer kids play on their own driveways, front gardens and green space around houses, not my driveway unless it’s my dds friends when they all play out together. It’s not difficult to learn, stay off others property unless invited.

Yes, I'd rather a kid who is not my own to be sitting at home on his phone rather than playing on my driveway!

If his parents don't want him sitting at home they should teach him basic neighborly manners.

The kids shouldn't be on their driveways!

If the doorbell goes off when the kids are close to the driveway, then it's tough.. mine goes off when people walk past

Also to add, I just have any audiable notifications turned off

I live at the end of a cul-de-sac. No problem at all with kids happily playing outside, but it really pisses me off when they ride their bikes up and down my driveway. We've even had neighbour's kids and their friends playing hide and seek among the (expensive and carefully tended) shrubs in our front garden.
Tell your children to keep off other people's properties. Private driveways and gardens are not communal play areas.

You're the problem here op. Your kids are going on their driveway and the doorbells picking it up.

Tell the kids to stay off the driveways. Anything else is the neighbours issue to sort

They need to adjust their four bells and stop being arseholes.

I have no problem with kids playing in the street if it's safe.

I have a problem with them playing on other people's property. They should not be on neighbouring drives, or in neighbouring gardens. If they are then that's an issue and I can understand why neighbours are complaining.

Get them to ride their bikes up and down the cul de sac - sticking strictly to the road, and not the pavement - and presumably there is no issue with setting off people's doorbells.

The children need to stay off neighbours driveways.

The neighbours need to ensure that their camera parameters are set properly so don't alert for people near but not on their property.

But do stop them playing on other peoples' driveways.

I agree.

When we first moved here the kids from next door used to run into my front garden, snatch a dandelion from the grass, and then run off giggling about stealing my fairies.

That always made me smile and not only because they were providing me with a free gardening service

Kids will be kids, if you want a quite street buy a house with gates. The neighbours cat disturbs our ring door bell, I just switch off notifications

I'm in the keep off my driveway camp, sorry not sorry!

Of course you are unreasonable! Keep your kids off other people's driveways. They can play in the street that's different

Problem though, when they run their scooter into the car door, who pays for the damage?

When they trip over the cable for the battery charger on my car and break their arm, who is responsible?

In the old days this would all be easy, but in today's society it is better if they don't play on my drive.

If the kids go on the neighbours drive then YABU and I don’t agree with other comments suggesting the doorbell owners should adjust the range on their doorbell if they want it to cover all of their property

but

if the kids are on the street playing then YANBU

Surely your DC aren’t actually playing on the neighbours driveways?!

@ThatFlakyMauveTraybake is the ring picking up the children from an adjacent property? Because then the ring needs to be adjusted.

Not everyone is in a fit state to be tolerating their doorbell going off whenever some kid decides to use some ones drive as a shortcut . Have a heart for those in ill health .

I realise kids should keep off neighbours property but I think the constant surveillance of young people is worrying. They can't move without being filmed. They can't ever relax. It's quite a concern that they are being filmed. I'm so glad I grew up in the 70s & was a teenager in the 80s.

can you lend your 3 year old out to educate others please, my 57 year old neighbour can't manage to stay off my driveway - she doesn't even live next door!

This. I was always taught not to go on other peoples property as a child.