Annoying litte gits

Willsnarf1983

NoDebtForMe wrote: »

Im a tad confused by your post tbh. You say the kids were never rude and always moved on when you asked. Then go on to say you wont put up with anti social behaviour. It appears to me they were the opposite and were in fact being very social.
You did what other "moaners" should do .....move. Good on you as the fact remains that these children have a right to a childhood and a right to play on the street.

My children have been moaned at sooooo many times on the "occasional" times they have played in the street. They have rules, have set bedtimes and get things taken off them if they misbehave wether it be naughty or rudeness to adults. Im a stickler for respect towards any adult from my children. However the people who live nearby have really tested this theory. My children get shouted and sworn at for things that they could do which irretates the life out of me. We dont live in a rough area and I have had to have the police out to one particular neighbur due to the abuse my kids recieve when they are playing out. They probably only ever play out on the street about once every 3/4 weeks anyway and I simply wont allow such behaviour from adults.
This whole thing works both ways, that is the point.
Sarah

the point is actually for most people its not occasional and if it was occasional you wouldn't have this thread where the majority feel the same as i do. But yes abuse from adults isn't good either.

BIZZYIZZY

So are you saying (noDebt for me) That it is ok for kids to Kick the ball at your windows, Throw pebbles at windows, knock on windows, ride their bike on the grass you are trying to do something with, Sorry is that classed as moaning!!!!!!

sporedude

Yes looks like it, People who verbally abuse kids deserve to have stones put through windows/balls kicked at houses ect.

London_Town

Hi NoDebtForMe, thanks for your comment. I completely agree that there are two sides to every story and adults should never engage with children in an abusive or threatening manner.

However, the children playing outside my home were not occasional. They were there, screaming and shouting everyday after school from 4:30pm until it got dark, then every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Bouncing balls off my front door and wheelie bin.

I fully appreciate that children have a right to play outside, but surely there are limits to the noise and disturbance they can be allowed to create.

DKLS

Last summer I had the misfortune to see next doors little girls gurning face repeatedly bouncing up past the fence level, every day, it was worse when her mates came round, 5 high pitched sqeeeming girls was enough to drive you to distraction. Luckily 1 day in late summer, the kid fell and broke a bone or 3, and the trampoline was packed away. Result: :beer: peace for the rest of the year.

Gawd only knows what this summers activity will be.

How I crave a house with no neighbours for a mile in all directions.

poppysarah

I think the council tax payers who have to pay for grafetti to be cleaned off, for the fire brigade who have to put the fire out and the householder who had to jet wash the egg off the window, would all appreciate the young adults learning to behave.

NoDebtForMe_2

BIZZYIZZY wrote: »

So are you saying (noDebt for me) That it is ok for kids to Kick the ball at your windows, Throw pebbles at windows, knock on windows, ride their bike on the grass you are trying to do something with, Sorry is that classed as moaning!!!!!!

Absolutely not! I think you got the jist of what I was saying really but have decided to ignore that. I was merely giving the flip side to this coin and that kids sometimes get a raw deal because they are kids. These people who abuse my kids are just that....moaners!

NoDebtForMe_2

London_Town wrote: »

Hi NoDebtForMe, thanks for your comment. I completely agree that there are two sides to every story and adults should never engage with children in an abusive or threatening manner.

However, the children playing outside my home were not occasional. They were there, screaming and shouting everyday after school from 4:30pm until it got dark, then every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Bouncing balls off my front door and wheelie bin.

I fully appreciate that children have a right to play outside, but surely there are limits to the noise and disturbance they can be allowed to create.

This is clearly intolerable then and I agree with everyones comments when children behave like this and spoil someones standard of living.

AnthonyUK

sporedude wrote: »

Yes looks like it, People who verbally abuse kids deserve to have stones put through windows/balls kicked at houses ect.

...because their kids have been sworn/shouted at,and parents who condone vandalism in this way to other people's property because somebody has shouted/sworn at their children DESERVE to be locked up and their children taken into care because you cannot have a situation where parents say to their children "go and damage other people's property just because you have been sworn/shouted at.", as I have said parents who do this are more immature than their children are and are just teaching them to take revenge for what others have done to them. If I had kids who were shouted at/sworn at because their behaviour has affected others, I wouldn't say"go and damage that person's property in revenge because you were shouted and sworn at", I would say "you probably deserved it for your behaviour" and I would REFUSE to side with them and/or defend them as well.:mad:

Wkdwill

I think when it comes to kids playing out in the street its not just the kids that are at fault, although they can be annoying.

Example
Where we used to live, there were 3 kids who used to play football outside our house, as our house was a corner house we couldn't really get away from them no matter which side they played at, it would tease the hell out of or poor dog, you know what dogs are like when they see a ball, he just wanted to play, they would kick the ball against the fence, the ball would come in the garden, bounce off the car, the walls etc......but they were always polite in asking for their ball back, most of the time knocking on the door for permission, but then there were also times when the ball would hit a window or a door and they would run off, so we would confiscate the ball till we got an apology, which we always got. I did always tell them that if the dog got the ball there was nothing I could do about it.

We later found out that their own garden was 40ft long and their parents didnt want them messing up the garden and that they could go and play outside ours because we rented the house from their aunty and there was nothing we could do about it.

There was also a nice new big park at the end of the road, but there parents wouldn't let them go that far and even so it is covered in glass as we found out when we took our toddler the other week.

A lot of times they are little sods but then theres also the parents not letting them play in there own gardens, not telling them to be careful where they play and to treat others property with respect.

I dont understand why some parents dont let their kids play in their own garden, its the safest place for them, everything in my garden is for my daughter, we have somewhere to sit and a bbq and thats it the rest is hers, but yet they would moan about the driver if their kid got hit by a car while they were playing out in the street.

I do agree though it is very annoying when kids play outside your property and I would never let my kids play outside someones house, never mind in the street.