We live in a flat in a small block. It has a room for bikes and things that everyone in the block can share.
My DC got a bike for their 4th birthday a couple of months ago.
Yesterday evening, after DC were in bed, I looked out and saw our neighbour's son riding the bike around the car park with his older brothers, crashing it and things. I heard the crashing and the squeaking of the brake, that's why I looked out. The whole family were out there, and weren't stopping him, or telling him to be careful.
So DH went out, and asked (very politely) that they put the bike back in the bike shed, and then he locked the door.
There was loads of screaming and shouting for ages. I felt a bit bad, the boy is only about 4 or 5. I'm more annoyed with his parents for letting him take what was obviously a brand new bike that wasn't his, and ride it like that where it might get damaged.
I saw one of the neighbours this morning, and she seemed a bit off with me. We were right to step in though, weren't we? The little boy was really, really upset, but I know that if we hadn't nipped it in the bud, he'd be using it all the time. But on the other hand, I do feel a bit mean taking it off the boy.
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PodClock · 16/07/2015 10:19
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