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Neighbour allowing boy to use lawn mower

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OneLemonOrca · 16/05/2024 17:07

My male neighbour lives across the road from a relative, the relative has a son who’s 6 or 7 and the son visits. The neighbour is allowing the son to mow his grass with the lawn mower. He is standing in the garden with him but I still think it’s too dangerous?

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JulianFawcettMP · 17/05/2024 00:49

Fiddlerdragon · 17/05/2024 00:41

Pmsl my ds has been lawnmowing and strimming since he was 5😂 I’ve got a pic of him bollock naked nailing up crop trellises before he was 3yo 😂I worked summers on my cousins farm and was driving jcb diggers, backhoes and a 14 tonne excavator aged 8. Behave with your lawnmower. If he’s doing it safely wtf is the problem? As long as he’s not flipping the mover upside down whilst it’s still going and sticking his hands in the blades, or it’s electric and he’s not watching where the wire is (which I’m sure his guardian will be) he’s fine

Were you really pissing yourself laughing?

SmallIslander · 17/05/2024 00:44

If he is being supervised I don't see why not.

Fiddlerdragon · 17/05/2024 00:41

Pmsl my ds has been lawnmowing and strimming since he was 5😂 I’ve got a pic of him bollock naked nailing up crop trellises before he was 3yo 😂I worked summers on my cousins farm and was driving jcb diggers, backhoes and a 14 tonne excavator aged 8. Behave with your lawnmower. If he’s doing it safely wtf is the problem? As long as he’s not flipping the mover upside down whilst it’s still going and sticking his hands in the blades, or it’s electric and he’s not watching where the wire is (which I’m sure his guardian will be) he’s fine

Aquamarine1029 · 17/05/2024 00:31

If an adult is supervising, I don't see what the problem is. Kids can do stuff, you know.

malmi · 17/05/2024 00:28

If he's supervising and not allowing any mucking around then I'd say it's ok.

JustPleachy · 16/05/2024 17:14

Our neighbour did this with his son of about the same age, and wondered off. Cue screens and shouts from another neighbour who spotted the kid lay the lawnmower down on its side (still running), get down on his hands and knees with his head next to the blades, and start to reach into it.

Thank god she saw it before something happened.