What would you do if teenagers in your neighborhood were knocking on your window at night? Would you ignore it or ask them to stop?

In this story, one man is in this situation, and after it happened a couple nights, he decided to track down the kids and confront them.

Now, he’s not sure that was the right thing to do and feels bad about it because he remembers what it’s like to be a teen.

Did he actually do something wrong, or was it a good idea to confront the teens?

Let’s read the whole story to decide.

AITA: For confronting neighborhood kids for banging on my window night

I (33M) have been annoyed by neighborhood kids banging on my window nightly.

I caught them in the act and i am now questioning if AITA for confronting them.

I live and take care of my elderly 90-year-old uncle, so I am on edge about this.

The banging happened multiple times.

The banging on the window started this Saturday. They usually do it between 9 pm and 12 am.

Sunday night they did it multiple times in that time slot.

Last night, I left my blinds slightly open so I could get a look at them in the act.

It worked.

He confronted the kids.

I followed them and found them hanging out at the neighborhood basketball court, where I decided to ask them why they keep knocking on the window.

The one kid who did the banging, quickly ran off, leaving his friends behind.

I made sure not make any police threats, but I did tell them the situation will escalate to me telling their parents and so forth.

They were a bit rude in their responses (denial, laughing at me, and finally, an admission of guilt and apology.)

He feels bad.

I feel like a jerk, because I was a teenage and used to do this stuff.

I remember dumping a neighbor’s trash can on the road because I wanted to be a jerk!

I am hoping they stop because I hate being confrontational.

I feel like I should of let them be and just let them be teenagers.

He admitted to being a jerk as a teenager, but that doesn’t mean that it’s okay for teenagers to be jerks. Being called out on what they’re doing is the only way they’re going to learn.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person offers some perspective.

Another person reassures him that he handled it well.

Cameras are a good idea.

But this person thinks he should’ve taken it a step further.

I don’t think it was necessary to call the police at this point. If the teens come back, talking to their parents would be the logical next step, and if that doesn’t solve it, call the police. It’s not like the teens did anything harmful. It’s almost like it was a dare to knock on his window. While annoying, they don’t seem dangerous.

He shouldn’t feel bad. He didn’t do anything wrong.