At first, I brushed it off as harmless fun, but it became a daily interruption — during work calls, meals, even in the evenings. Finally, I mentioned it to his mom. She smiled and said, “He’s just being a kid. You’re overreacting.”
The next time it happened, I decided to speak gently to her son. I crouched down and said, “Hey buddy, when you ring someone’s doorbell, they stop what they’re doing to answer. It can be funny once, but doing it again and again isn’t fair. You wouldn’t like it if someone did that to you, right?” He nodded quietly and went back home.
