How many moms out there are sick and tired of kids ringing their doorbell this summer? ?

Question

I have two boys aged 8 & 6. There are two other boys - one is 11 and the other is 6 who come over every day. They aren't allowed to have kids over at their house. One lives with his grandparents each summer and the other always has some excuse as to why she can't have children over. Naturally, they gravitate to our home. What's the best way to deal with this without pissing people off? I feel bad for these little guys, but enough is enough. I am not a babysitting service.

Answer 1

Ha; my poor mom had the same problem when I was younger, as well as my four other siblings. Imagine, 5 children (ages: 6, 6, 8, 8, 9), 6 neighbors (ages: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), and 3 cousins (ages:4, 5, 8). Yes, all of them..

So this is what my mom did; since she had five children, one of us could invite the someone over every other night to every two nights, and during the day when everyone was here, she sent everyone outside to swim, play softball/baseball/kickball/soccer, hide and seek, and whatever else we could think of, but no one was allowed back inside the house unless they were sick or hurt. She left a cooler of lemonade, koolaid, or water with ice and cups outside all day, and for lunch she would cook hot dogs or simply give us watermelon or chips. By 6/7 o' clock, everyone had to be home, except for whoever was sleeping that night.

Today, she's always asking "why don't you invite friends over? You always go everywhere else.", but that's a whole different story. (We're 13, 13, 15, 15, 16 now.) What she did about all the children was talked to the parents and they agreed that everyone shouldn't be over all the time. So, they ended up telling their children that they couldn't come over more than 3/4 times a week, and even then my mom would often "fib" and tell them that we were about to go somewhere. So, maybe you could try that.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

tell the kids your kids cant have company  

Answer 3

I have four kids. Mostly its my youngest daughter's friends. since they can walk up the street sometimes. I hate the doorbell, I'm ready to disable it, don't worry, kids are going back to school and they will be doing homework...

Answer 4

Omg, seriously?! BIG DEAL! So you have a couple of kids hanging out at your house?!?! Thats what happens when you have kids, they get friends! My Grandma has 4 different kids living at her house, all different ages(19,17,15,12) and each of them has 2-3 friends over EVERY DAY! She doesn't mind it, she understands that kids need friends...

I really hope I am like my Grandma when it comes to my children having friends over...I hope I never get tired of it like you.

Answer 5

I think all moms dread this durning the summer.  I just try to remember, that when my kids are older, I would rather have them at my home and know with whom and where they are.  I did read a helpful suggestion on here once before.  The mom hung a little tag on the front door.  If it had a happy face, it meant the kids could play.  If it had a sad face, it meant no playing today.  Good Luck.  My kids have A LOT of camps to attend.  

Answer 6

I hate it.... My kids go to camp during the day but does that stop the little girl from next door from ringing my door every day at 12 and 3pm... nooooooooooo it doesn't.  It's not like i dont tell her "sweetie they are at camp every day...dont ring the bell anymore...ok"   she just doesnt get it

Answer 7

You could implement two things, a schedule and a sign.  Inform your children and their friends that at certain hours or on certain days, they are not allowed at the house.  

Make a simple sign to hang on the front door, or in the window that says something like, Child A & Child B are busy doing their chores please check back later.  If the sign is out then that is their cue to play elsewhere for awhile.  

Answer 8

i am.  I HATE THOSE RANGING KIDS, I AM TRYING TO DRINK  A CUP OF TEA AND WHEN THEY RING THE DOORBELL I SPILL THE TEA AND THEN I YELL.  THEN MY 6 BABIES START TO CRY!!!  i hate them and now i am pregnant with 4 babies and it annoys me when they are just bored and start to ring my door bell to my 3 story house and it rings really loud.  i hate having to put them back to sleep and i think that my husband is cheating on me because he is always hanging out with this pregnant lady.  

Answer 9

Thats what you get when you have kids. Its just going to happen, deal with it. OR you can act like a crazy mom and not let them come over, but then your kids are going to be unhappy and bored, can't you just deal with it a little longer? they are your kids! Unless the other boys are getting them to use drugs or vandalize things why is it that big of a deal?

Realize that the world doesn't revolve around your wants and let boys be boys.

Answer 10

Yes! I'm glad someone else is sick of it too. I have a 10 yr old girl and when her friends are here it's like there hyped up on sugar. My 13yr old son has a friend that comes over everyday summer or school year and it drives me crazy. If it's a weekend he isn't here he still comes everyday like I'm lying to him and he is 14 so he is old enough to understand.