I have 3 children (7,6&2) and we live on a small estate where cars need to go through our road to get to their own cul-d-sacs. They drive very quickly around the corner and tbh its an accident waiting to happen. In the past couple of days I have let the older 2 out on their bikes with rules to stay where I can see them,watch for cars reversing and to not leave the path. We have had issues last year with older kids from next door taking their bikes and coming into the house to the back garden uninvited so I keep an eye and have the door and front window open so I can see whats going on. There are 15 houses on each side of the road and other than next door neighbours the only other kids are toddlers.
Or so we thought. House has been rented and yesterday morning Ive noticed a young girl of around 5 pushing her 3 year old brother in his buggy up and down the road. I had no idea where they were from and assumed they were from a house down the road with visitors. I watched for a minute as the girl started pushing the buggy across the road and back not once watching for cars. We were heading out and again I assumed they were visiting. That was until this afternoon when my two were out. They ended up playing with these other two kids and I asked my oldest did she know where they lived(other end of the estate across from us seemingly). I went out to cut the grass and in the time I was out cutting the grass and then letting my toddler play no one ever checked on them. They ran into the road I dont know how many times even as I told them not to or to watch for cars. At one point my 2 year old and the 3 year old had either end of a skipping road and the 3 year old started dragging my 2 year old out into the road. Again the girls ran out just as a car was coming around the corner and I let out a roar to get off the road and the driver braked quite hard and gave me a nod out the window, I think we both had a fright. This happened a few times so I told mine it was time to come in for dinner and I walked the other kids across the road and told them to find their mam.
5 minutes later the 3 year old has his head in my front window which is still open and the 5 year old is playing in our front garden. I again took them across the road and told them we were having dinner and the kids would be out tomorrow. They are out the front of my house again.
WIBU to bring them home and speak to their parents? They are only barely 3 and 5. The 3 year old is a few months older than my son and there is no way I would let him out by himself or with his sisters. Its not a quiet road with a green to play in, there are cars flying up and down the road constantly no matter how quiet it looks and we are near the corner and there are cars parked on the street so anyone driving around the corner has a good chance of hitting a child playing in the street. How would I even phrase it without coming off like a total busy body? I watch my own like a hawk I cant be out on the street watching someone elses kids when they think its ok to let them wander. Because they are on the road outside our house waiting for our kids who are in bed I feel responsible. They should be outside their own house if their parents are going to let them cross in front of traffic.
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WIBU to bring them back to their mum because of road situation?
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Vandree · 06/06/2016 20:58
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