Knocking before entering?

Yup, I always knock at my kids' rooms everytime I need to ask them something. Barging inside one's room is rude even if they are family members. You may lock your door, put a sign on it like, "please knock"...that way, you will be teaching them the right manners, plus you will be at peace. A gentle reminder from you will do the trick...

Its really a good manner to knock the door before entering into others room. But the fact is that, this is not in practice in my country, atleast at more than 90% of the families. There are few families who would do that, but the percentage is really very less as I have said. Personal privacy is very important which is being gradually understand in my country. May be , this becomes a practice at all home sooner. I personally like to get my door knocked before someone enters into my room.

Yes, I knock before entering because I do not want to walk in on a 'private moment' ~ how embarrassing for all?! I saw something once on the cartoon, Fairly Odd-Parents, that I just loved so I always use it... goes something like, "I am knocking because I respect your right to privacy but I am also entering because I am exercising my authority, as your parent, to check up on you."

When I lived at home, my family was always barging in on me. With my husband and I the only time I need for him to knock is if I'm in the bathroom. If I have the bathroom door closed, then that means I need privacy. As for the family thing, for years I asked my mom to knock, but she would say, "this is my house." So privacy was definitely not a commodity.

Hi there, I dont knock i just walk in im but my kids are at the age where i dont feel i need to knock my oldest is 10 years old. when he gets to 15_16 then i will most likley start to knock.

I can understand the frustration of yours.It happens to me all the times.So i usually bolt my door from inside.I know that looks a bit rude but that is what we can do if the others don't understand.

I always knocked on my mother's door growing up..for fear of seeing anything I didn't need to see..but now, I am in a situation where my friend and my boyfriend argue about the doors in the house..my friend has a habit of just peeking in and then walking in..most of the time now when he does it, my boyfriend and I are just in here laying down watching a movie..but my boyfriend will go off on him telling him how he needs to knock..

I can understand how frustating it could be for you and how bad you must be feeling when such a thing happens. Each one of us needs some privacy, even if we are at home among our family members. It is bad, that inspite of your telling that they should knock at the door and you yourself follow this practice without fail, they are ignoring it and taking you for granted. I suggest that you emphasise your requirement by saying that today you want a discussion on why your request is not followed. It is a good manner to knock at the person's door before entering. I follow it always if the person is not a child-both at home and in the office.

I always knock before I enter other peoples rooms, I think it is impolite to do anything else! My parents used to always knock as well, I think manners must run in the family, haha. x p.s. I love your avatar!

I do! It's actually frustrating to know that other people don't mind that thing by simply just knocking.?. It's not a hard task to do etheir right?. I respect other person's private place so I see to it that i knock before i enter.

Definitely I will knock before entering someone's house or room. I don't feel it is polite for barging into another people's private place. Normally what I do practice is to knock three times. If no answer from inside, I just left. I don't like to enter someone else's place without permission.

I know how you feel and it really is frustrating and sometimes infuriating when they do this all the time. I think it's a sign of good manners and respect for another person to knock and wait for a response before you enter a room. I do this all the time and it doesn't matter whose door or room it is or whether it's my house or somebody else's. When people forget to do this, I just remind them. I know I sound like a broken record now, but I feel that this is something that everyone should learn and do no matter where they are.