Neighbour’s kid picked my daffodils

Eight is quite old enough to know what stealing is and it's not sweet. I'd definitely be having a word with the parents - particularly as their own daffodils are intact!

Maybe the mum wanted the flowers and sent her kids around to do it so you felt you couldn't complain. I'd have a word anyhow.

She/he probably thought it was a nice thing to do for their parents or something. I would just not worry,

No matter how little she worries, the fact remains she now has none of her own flowers to look at.

I don't think you are wrong to be upset, OP. It is not acceptable to pick flowers from someone else's garden.
I once caught a woman hurrying down the pavement, having uprooted a flower from my garden! I couldn't believe it.

So why didn’t she pick the ones growing in her own garden instead of stealing every last one of the OP’s? “Just not worry about it” my arse.

And so that everyone is able to enjoy the space; not just those who get there first and destroy it.

If you know which house go have a friendly chat with Mum n Dad to educate the 8 year old bot to trespass on peoples gardens and pick flowers.

My 3 year old tried to do this at the town park and I told him they were planted by the council for everyone to enjoy. Since he could walk on his own i always told him to never walk into peoples gardens and to never picked anything from anyones gardens.
He picks wild flowers and buttercups / dandelions etc etc in public spaces only.

I would be furious OP.
The daffodils in my garden come from my late grandmother's house. If anyone trespassed and took them they would be lucky to leave with their fingers (lighthearted of course).

and if the child is taught not to steal that will get the child better karma

yes there are places where harvesting of specially grown stuff is permitted and the stuff is grown for that purpose. IMO growing beautiful things to be looked at and enjoyed and to provide an area that lifts the spirits and relieves stress is equally important and IS "space being used"

Daffodils are not edible. Hope this helps.

Eh?

Would you still think it was a ‘nice thing to do’ if the child had gone onto someone’s private property and stolen a parcel that Amazon had left on the doorstep?

here too, same reason

Well if they wanted to take flowers to some sick relative they could have taken the flowers from THEIR OWN GARDEN!

This brat vandalised and stole from someone else. Any 8 year old would know it was wrong.

As for your "being kind and understanding will get you better karma"..........🙄🙄🙄

Maybe. Maybe not. What we DO know is that the little girl had daffs in her own garden she could have picked if that were the case. I’m sorry but I really don’t see what’s not to get here. She did something wrong and should be made to apologise properly. I’ve said it before - it isn’t kind to tear up something someone worked hard on and is proud of. The kid needs to learn that asap. If she had a hobby and someone came and took away the fruits of it she would, presumably, be justifiably upset. OP’s been very understanding. The next person might not be, and there will be a next person unless the kid is corrected in her error. As for karma, well, whatever. I’d rather we all lived together in mutual care and respect, frankly. I think those lacking kindness/understanding are those who are unable to empathise with OP here.

If they can't afford to buy them, why not pick the ones growing in their own garden for these sick relatives you've imagined up then?

Why leave theirs, and deliberately go onto someone else's property and take all their flowers away?

How would they know OP wasn't sick and that these were bringing her joy? How would they know OP was unable to afford to buy flowers and therefore was enjoying her perennials and nothing more?

Would they have liked it if the flowers in their own garden were taken away by someone else?

No one is saying OP has had human rights breached. What they said was PPs are acting like the expectation of an apology was breaching the neighbours human rights. When in actual fact, it's an expectation of human decency.

Then they could have picked their.own flowers..

So you've never heard of incredible edible then? Open spaces should be used,

Daffodils don't seem like a human rights issue to me. I'm sorry but I'm not with you here, kids probably thought it was a nice thing to do for their parents or something, I don't know maybe they've got a sick relative or something & can't afford to buy flowers.
Be kind & understanding, it'll get you better karma

She/he probably thought it was a nice thing to do for their parents or something. I would just not worry,

Around here they do. Ask me how I know (arsehole neighbours).

Some of the reactions are absolutely baffling, honestly. People who aren’t bothered that OP has had something she’s worked hard on and is proud of destroyed but think expecting a child to be made to apologise is a grievous breach of her human rights. Kids learn mutual respect by having it modelled to them but it’s clear there’s precious little of that modelling happening in some families . . .

All those on here saying that's 'a really sweet gesture' - no, sorry - at 8 years old (in fact anything over 5/6 years really) you know what's right from wrong and picking flowers out of someone's garden just isn't done!

She has taken your joy and good reason or not - I'd be going round and, in as nice a way as possible, having a word with a parent. It wasn't just one or two, it was every damn one! Yes, they'll grow back - but you have to wait until next spring!

If it was me I'd be so apologetic and I'd be sending my daughter round with an apology and a big vase of fresh daffodils and a box of chocolates to say sorry!

The backlash you received is not to 'any level headed post'. You were unkind to OP.