neighbours children, am I being over sensitive.

arthur_dent_2

Hello all,

I moved into my home about a year ago and the local kids seemed nice enough, however I am just about at the end of my tether with them. Over the year they have just got worse and worse being ever more horrible to my two girls. They have thrown our own egg (that we gave them thinking that it might be nice) at our house wall, they accused us of running over their bike when the car hadn't moved. They have destroyed my fruit basket and several buckets, put a number of dents in my 2 cars and our camper. They keep kicking my youngest or failing that punching her, they regularly call me names and bad mouth me. I will not let my children steal the corn from the field opposite and so I am seen as the 'horrible parent.' I let them all in to play in the back garden and they broke my watering can, I asked who had done it not because I was cross but a sorry would have been nice and was told I didn't do it. I have seen them doing something wrong and when I have gone to my children to ask them if they had done it, they will tell my children to lie. When outside waiting for me they started throwing grapes at the girls, they sat my youngest in a puddle after telling her falsely that they had some old dolls clothes for her. My daughter then fell for it again when they called her over as she is very trusting. I could go on forever but I won't. Please tell me this is not normal kids behaviour and that I am not fussing over nothing. My girls are not angels, but they are not nasty I am sure.

All opinions welcome, good or bad.

LilMissEmmylou

tbh if these kids are so nasty to your children (and what you are describing is nasty, its not normal kid behaviour) then stop them playing with them! I wouldn't be letting them in my garden to play if they can't play nice and treat your girls so badly!

Mips

It is nasty. They are bullies. Keep your girls away.

Titch89

You're not being over snesitive in any way and it doesn't sound like normal kids behaviour.

Talk to their parents.

Gingham_Ribbon

They sound horrible. There were children I wasn't allowed to play with when I was growing up. These would have been included to be honest.

arthur_dent_2

I have stopped them going out to play and the result was that they climbed over the fence in order to continue throwing water bombs and cole at my children. Also they were getting my children to return their ball (purposely thrown over) from our garden so that they were within target range!

LilMissEmmylou

I would tell ur kids to ignore them and I would also be having strong words with their parents!

arthur_dent_2

Would love to talk to their parents but they wouldn't believe that their little darlings (professional liars) had done anything more than is normal childrens behaviour.

LilMissEmmylou

i dont know if its possible (im sure somebody will though) but i would be inclined to tell them that if they done reign their kids in (if they believe they r doing wrong or not) you will be reporting them for anti social behaviour! I hate parents who think their kids can do no wrong grrrr i feel ur pain!

crispeater

cant you video the little beauties on your mobile phone and then show the parents?

arthur_dent_2

Thanks to all of you who have confirmed my belief that this isn't just kids being kids. They seem to be getting worse, espescially since I have taken to refusing their request for my children to go out and play. Play essentially means they are bored and no one is left to play with other than my two or that they need a target for thier abuse.