Neighbour’s kid picked my daffodils

What’s sweet about stealing??

What if the OP is a disabled older person whose only pleasure is looking out of her window and admiring her flowers whilst watching the world go by? Is stealing from her still sweet?

The child needs to be told that taking flowers from other people’s gardens is stealing.

My five year old has known for a long time that it's not allowed to pick flowers from gardens, it's not a difficult concept to grasp. Dandelions and daisies etc are fine, garden flowers are not. I assume the people who think it's funny/cute don't do much gardening, it's a lot of work

True, it's not child's fault but unless op tell parents, they won't be able to explain. Though op should say it in a non complaining way.

DS1 learned not to pick (most) flowers at 2. He'd picked a tulip and I told him "poor tulip, it only has one flower a year"
Some bulbs hit harsh springs of wintery weather so they don't get their full glory every year.

I've always emphisised that flowers in parks and gardens are beautiful and we leave them there to grow and for everyone to enjoy.

8 is plenty old enough to understand not to take others' flowers (be it in a garden or publicly owned). 8 year olds have pretty well developed basics of social rules... if they were taught along the way...

Mother's day isn't until next weekend so that's a stretch.

Since when has it been ok to go into someone else's garden and pick their flowers?

I don't know what those emojis mean, but I don't find this amusing in the slightest. What a nightmare you must have been to your neighbours as a child. Didn't your parents do anything about your behaviour?

she’s gone into another person’s garden. Does it not say something that she has not picked the ones from her own garden? Maybe as someone has told her not too, but it’s ok too do it too a neighbour?
you take ages making your garden nice, no it’s not ok.
you do not need to go mad but a word is needed. I’d be pissed if this happened to me!

We have daffodils that grow outside the entrance of our estate every year, and every year a woman and her children strip them away over a couple of weeks. I have her on fb and it makes me sad seeing them there looking cheerful for everyone compared to when she posts them half dead in a sad looking vase on her story. I haven’t got the balls to say anything, and I don’t think I’d have the balls to tell the parents here. But I’d post a message on our fb group about it 😂

It was a fun activity for me too, along with ringing neighbours door bell and running 🙈😹

That would really piss me off! Children shouldn't be touching things that don't belong to them, on someone else's garden! I'd be very annoyed too OP!

My four year old knows that picking flowers is wrong. I’m surprised at everyone here making excuses for the 8 year old. She knew exactly what she was doing and needs to be caught out.

This ^

The child knew enough not to pick her mother's flowers or she'd get into trouble. But she thought she'd get away with stealing from a stranger's garden. Sneaky. I wouldn't be impressed with the mother doing nothing if the child arrived home with them.

I bet you never picked flowers that weren't yours again though.

That’s terrible. I know it’s a small thing but I like seeing daffodils each year.

Dc learnt early on it’s not nice to pick flowers from people’s gardens.

I like how people assume that the child was being 'sweet' and taking them home for her mum. She might have just picked them as she liked them, then got closer to her house and then maybe even realised she shouldn't have picked them so ditched them. Mum would be none the wiser.
If you know the parent then maybe have a word (though I feel that some parents would think this is being ridiculous, you can see that from the comments on here, so not sure what response you would get).
While this is just flowers, what's to stop her seeing a garden ornament she likes in someone's garden and taking that? Don't know if anything like that has happened in your area but maybe that could be used as a warning to the child.

But they need to learn it's not acceptable and they won't unless someone tells them.

YANBU, I'd be gutted. I love the spring flowers in my gardens and love wandering about just looking at them. I'd be extra gutted as I do spend quite a bit of money on a variety of bulbs.

I'd definitely have a word with the parents before the tulips come up! And anything else you may have in the summer.

Also, if daffodils are cut too early, before the foliage has gone yellow, it's unlikely that they will grow again next year and will just come up blind.

Not the point. By 8 you should know that you don’t steal flowers from someone’s garden.

Ah yes, that super sweet gift of something stolen from someone else. My DD is 3 and knows we don't go into other people's gardens because it's not ours.

Super sweet? Not from Op's point of view.

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It’s stealing.
Children need to be taught that taking things that don’t belong to them is wrong.
Would it be OK to take a £1 bunch of daffs from a supermarket without paying?

It’s never too young to learn that taking things that don’t belong to you is wrong.
Stealing in fact.