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Hey you punk kids! Get off my LAWN!

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Shared on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 16:49

Alright.... Let me paint the picture. Currently I am in a townhouse (a row house) where 3 of us have essentially the same backyard. The middle owner has done lots of work: the deck is almost their entire property... so it's broken up pretty good.

2 doors down lives "Grandma". Grandma often has her daughter and there 3 kids over. They range in age from 9 to 4. They always come over. And they come into our yard to play with me.. oh and Erica. (note: some people are kiddie magnets... somehow kids gravitate to me...)

The problem? 1. They stay when we are inside. I always tell tehm to PFO (no.. not really) I tell them to go home, but they rarely do. I don't want  to be liable if the little guy to drowns in my kiddie pool. This has been going on since he was 2.

2. They are kinda obnoxious. I guess all kids are. But once they stripped the little guy of clothes and he ran around n'ckd. I am not prudish about he kid beign naked... but I'm thinking "damn... should I like ... put sunscreen on this kid... tell him to go home?? what??"

3. THE MOTHER! Never once came over to ... check on the kids. Or to ask if it bothers me. Or to offer to take the kids for a shift... Or to tell me her fucking name. Not once in 2 years. Is it wrong of me to think that she is... a rude obnoxious parent? It jsut gets to me after 2 years of this crap.

anyway: any of you have problems with your kid's friends? Advice for the JayCAt?

Comments

Automan21k's picture
Submitted by Automan21k on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 20:01
don't have any kids to have kid's friends, but I have friend's kids that annoy the hell out of me.....and when I was a kid I was SUPPER annoying. What seemed to work on me was a combination of being chased with a broom/rake/stick (anything that was handy) or the classic "GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!"
Rau's picture
Submitted by Rau on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 21:52
Go over to the people's house and tell them you are a sex offender. You won't ever have any kids in your yard again.
GUL74's picture
Submitted by GUL74 on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 23:03
Yell over to the lady "Hey!! Im not your baby sitter , come take care of your kids!!" She'll get the hint
Fish66's picture
Submitted by Fish66 on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 08:56
It probably will not end nicely. If she lets her kids disappear to someones house without even meeting them (even if she mas Grandmas ok) she probably isn't going to care very much about the imposition, but will get offended when you bring it up. Next time the "Visit" is over, gather them up and walk them over to Grandmas and Meet Mommy, thank her for the "play time" and tell her "Times up now" and you cant keep an eye on them for the rest of the day (or whatever) so they will have to stay somewhere else. That will force the issue and it will be her and you face to face eliminating the "go between" with the kids.
Arvind's picture
Submitted by Arvind on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 07:53
Have to agree that you'll need to tell the mom how it is. We have one across the street, a couple of years older than our oldest daughter. Mom is more interested in her tan and getting her on-again-off-again boyfriend in and out and generally dumps the kid outside when she wants some "alone time". Problem is that the kid lacks some basic tact and social skills, probably because nobody gives a shit about her, and wanders into neighbor's garages, backyards, etc. I have a blue ton of power tools in my garage and don't have any interest in having a kid get injured because she didn't appreciate the danger associated with a cordless circular saw. Most of us neighbors have finally made it clear to mom that we're not interested in being her ad-hoc sitter, but I don't know if that's really changed her attitude much. This is a woman who now owns a house but no lawnmower. She hires a cleaning service to clean her house, landscapers to cut her grass, leases a new car every year and then complains that our very excellent school are crap because the buildings are all 30 years old. I know that's not related, but she really pisses me off. She needs to STFU and GTFO. Anyway, sometimes lousy parents need to be called on it. Anyway, aren't you moving soon? This could be your big chance to vent and get it out of your system.
kevtek17's picture
Submitted by kevtek17 on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 11:32
Dog shit. Put that in your yard. once they go home covered in that, they will stay away from your yard.
FireWtr96's picture
Submitted by FireWtr96 on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 17:11
my kids have friends that come over, I ask them to leave and give them a reason the first time 9 dinner or company over etc....). If there is a second time i tell my kids to get inside and the friends to go home. but most of my kids friends know when it is time to go and i don;t usually have any issues. Be blunt and go inside, if they don;t get the hint the first time. If that doesn't work i would go get the mother or grandmother and have them do it. Then again i am an asshole so, maybe this won't work for you
DavidLee's picture
Submitted by DavidLee on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 19:12
I'll second the "be blunt" suggestion.

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