Fencing/neighbours kids

Ms_Chocaholic

There's no point reporting the incident to the Police; the children are too young for the incident to be logged as a crime. The children (at 5/6) probably didn't know it was bleach anyway.

As no one has mentioned it yet, I thought I would point out the most obvious thing. You say your son climbs up on the plant pots to get on the wall to get anywhere near the neighbours children - have you thought about moving the plant pots so he can't get up onto the wall.

vroombroom

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

There's no point reporting the incident to the Police; the children are too young for the incident to be logged as a crime. The children (at 5/6) probably didn't know it was bleach anyway.

As no one has mentioned it yet, I thought I would point out the most obvious thing. You say your son climbs up on the plant pots to get on the wall to get anywhere near the neighbours children - have you thought about moving the plant pots so he can't get up onto the wall.

Can I admit to being totally totally totally thick and not thinking of that? Gosh, cannot believe how thick I am. I'll go do that now, I can push the trampoline further back to the wall.

Is there an icon for thick?!!

vroombroom

:think::think::think::think::think::think: haha the icon for think. It will do! x

Counting_Pennies_2

I really would agree with the poster who suggested prickly holly.


Put up the bamboo screening then plant prickly holly all along the back. If you visit a big plant nursery (google and see if any come up locally) it will cost you more but will be worth it.

barbiedoll

I daresay that the other kid didn't know that it was bleach, those spray bottles are just like a gun and boys love anything like that, I used to have to put mine on a high shelf as my DS loved anything that could be used as a water pistol....probably my fault for giving him the old washing-up liquid bottles to play with!

I do think that calling SS is a little over the top, unless the kids are obviously neglected, I don't think they would be interested anyway. It sounds more like a supervision thing, if one of their kids was spraying bleach at the other one, maybe they'll realise that they need to keep this sort of stuff out of reach.

OP, just keep your child away from the other kids, they are older than him and they won't be in the same class/year at school, so that won't be an issue, the other kids will have their own crowd.

Moving the plant pots will only be a temporary solution, boys soon learn to climb almost anything!...A new fence is the way to go!

Savvy_Sue

flipper_72 wrote: »

if the fence has gaps between uprights is there a way to put extra panels in so that the gaps are filled? Bamboo isn't very strong and if the kids at the other side decide they want to remove it they would probably be able to snap bits off it to get to your child.

I don't think I'd bother with the bamboo for that reason, but you can get screening fabric which would have the same effect. On one of our wrought iron gates we've actually put fabric from an old canopy, I'll get round to doing the other one soon ...

flipper_72 wrote: »

Prickly bushes would also be good but would take too long to grow.

but I would start thinking about things which will make that end of the garden less attractive to small children, or mark a line beyond which it is 'out of bounds'.

kathrynha

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

but I would start thinking about things which will make that end of the garden less attractive to small children, or mark a line beyond which it is 'out of bounds'.

I would just put a flower bed in at that end of the garden, at least 2ft wide and planted quite dense. It will look nice, and then just tell your son that he's not allowed on the flower beds.

peachyprice

vroombroom wrote: »

We supervise, their parents' don't.

Clearly you don't if you're repeatedly letting your son go to the end of the garden to get hurt.

If you're going to be all holier than thou 'we supervise, they don't' then actually do it an keep your son away.

vroombroom

peachyprice wrote: »

Clearly you don't if you're repeatedly letting your son go to the end of the garden to get hurt.

If you're going to be all holier than thou 'we supervise, they don't' then actually do it an keep your son away.

If you're going to get all holier than thou and try and make me look stupid on my own thread, asking for advice, maybe you need to read it properly. My son hasn't been 'repeatedly' hurt - there were two incidents. The first was a scrape on his hand and the bleach spray happened within seconds. Had we had known the little boy was there with the bleach spray - if we had seen it - it would never have happened.

My son is always supervised in the garden, he's just turned 3. We don't just sit in the garden and let him get on with it - we play with him and interact with him. When these children have been in their garden, their parents are not with them.

bigmaz

vroombroom wrote: »

If you're going to get all holier than thou and try and make me look stupid on my own thread, asking for advice, maybe you need to read it properly. My son hasn't been 'repeatedly' hurt - there were two incidents. The first was a scrape on his hand and the bleach spray happened within seconds. Had we had known the little boy was there with the bleach spray - if we had seen it - it would never have happened.

My son is always supervised in the garden, he's just turned 3. We don't just sit in the garden and let him get on with it - we play with him and interact with him. When these children have been in their garden, their parents are not with them.

Man, there's always one that never reads before they comment.... And likes to wind things up :P