09/01/2026
How to deal with kids kicking our door?
A few days ago I was home in the middle of the afternoon when I heard very loud bangs coming from downstairs, it was so loud that I believed someone had broken into our home at first. After realizing it was safe I checked out the window and saw a large group of young middle schoolers or teens walking through the neighborhood and laying on the sidewalk, which is VERY odd for the neighborhood we live in. Fast forward to last night at around midnight, we heard the exact same bangs I had heard previously, but by the time my husband and I got downstairs to check we didn’t see anyone accept for a neighbor outside investigating because the same thing had happened to him! And after we talked for about a minute another neighbor came outside and asked us if we’d had someone knock on our door, so it happened to at least three homes. This morning i noticed these footprints on our door, so someone kicked it.
Does anyone have any advice on how to prevent this from happening again? I know they probably don’t mean any harm, but it’s still very unnerving. I do have clear photos of the faces of the kids I believe are doing it that I had taken and sent to my husband the first time it happened because he thought I just imagined it, so we do have that if worse comes to worse. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!