Neighbour’s kid picked my daffodils

That really isn't "super sweet". Any child old enough to be out on their own should know that picking flowers from someone else's garden is stealing.

What a ridiculous comment

The attitude of some in this thread is truly irritating. The kid needs to be taught not to do this. It’s not ‘sweet’, it’s taking something that doesn’t belong to you and making someone else’s life less cheerful in the process.

Not super sweet at all

Why should she?

I actually love gardening and take pride in my garden. But would I get ott and call a child I don’t know an ‘entitled little brat’ because they picked a few daffodils…. Err nope, because I’m an adult who’s lived a little.

The kid made a mistake, they’ve tried to make amends. Relax. There are kids out here in the real world doing far worse. Those kids are more deserving of your name calling and self righteous energy if balling out 8yr old kids is your bag.

Aww, now that is super sweet. x😎

I couldn't tell you where there are public daffodils anywhere near me. And certainly not anywhere my 8yo could get to unassisted. The local parks are just grass and swings.

Taking public daffodils isn't really any better than taking private daffodils.
But I still think the kids heart was in the right place even if she was wrong to take them.

The mum has taken on board what Op has said and offered up an apology. Kid must have been spoken too as well

"Little kids being little kids" is absolute bullshit.

There is nothing about being a little kid that = taking stuff that doesn't belong to them. If they are old enough to be out unsupervised, they are fucking well old enough to know better than to tresspass and steal.

If they aren't old enough, their parents are negligent to not supervise. Or the type of arseholes who think it's OK to grab whatever they please.

It's not cute, sweet, or innocent.

I posted a link earlier in the thread that some councils want to implement fines of upto £5,000 for people picking daffodils from the park or other public spaces. If it comes into play then some on this thread may be in for an unpleasant surprise.

A long time ago, my son kicked a ball into my neighbours daffodils and destroyed them. She came round and shouted at him. He had been thoughtless. He went some way to putting it right by using his pocket money to buy several bunches of daffodils

I’d knock on the door & say to the parent that whilst you don’t really mind a few of the neighbours might not be as liberal minded & might see it as a totally different matter & that you’d hate to see her get into trouble as she looked so sweet picking them; hopefully that will give the parents the nudge needed to tell never do that again it’s theft x

you can't pick flowers from a public space either!

Better still, they could earn some pocket money and actually go to the shop where a small bunch costs around £1.
Daffodils in parks are for everyones enjoyment, and like in the ladies garden, they shouldn't be picked.

my sister had this done to her front garden. she then put out a little bucket with some daffodils in it saying "you can take these but please don't pick the ones in the ground". Turned out it was just little kids being little kids - no malintent

Stealing someone elses and depriving them of the joy is not sweet. Lets not got down the aww-bless-its-a-child-let's-invent-a-woe-is-me excuse for justifying something that is wrong. A child that desperately wants to give their mum a bunch of flowers could pick daffodils from the local park or some other public place, there are plenty around even urban areas, or they might even knock on a door and ask nicely whilst putting on the butter wouldn't melt look, that would work on most people.

Because gardening takes effort and planning and money. Many of us plan to have seasonal blooms for a specific effect, not just tossing out bulbs wherever they land and forgetting about it.

Maybe flowers are no big deal to you; how you you like it if some entitled little brat marched into your garden and stole something that IS a big deal to you?

How weird people are not to understand that private property is a thing and that an eight-year-old is well of the age to understand that.

Not saying it's right, but I remember picking flowers for my Mum when she'd been sad to cheer her up.

It didn't occur to me that they belonged to anyone - which they did. I was about 11. And probably a bit dim.

Kids do stupid things buy yourself a £1 bunch of daffs at the supermarket

No it’s not, it’s stealing!

My 5 year old nephew once came home from school with a crayon in his pocket, when his mum challenged him, he said "I don't know what happened". We still laugh about it today.
But...she made him hand it in to the teacher the following morning and apologise for taking it home. He never put anything else in his pocket that didn't belong to him.

The little girl was obviously wrong, and it's sad for the OP who doesn't have her dafs to cheer her up, but the good thing is the kids mum did take responsibility.
I hope the girl, like my nephew, learns a lesson, and respects other people's property in the future. I'm sure she will.

Child not hold

No one is saying that OP should shout and scream st the child or the. Hold should be punished. But what is the harm in explaining to them? Surely that is the definition of gentle parenting? It creates empathy ( not ours to take/other people get enjoyment out of looking at them), and lack of selfishness

3rdStoreydude · Today 18:54 "I'm guessing, and it's a wild guess, the mum maybe unwell, and the girl is trying to cheer her mum up."

The girl's own garden is full of daffodils. Why would her mother be cheered up by being given daffodils stolen from a neighbour's garden?

It bugs me that people downplay these things. It’s the reason children learn nothing these days. Whilst it’s harmless in theory, they are still yours so I would highlight it. One of the children in our family picked all the flowers off one of my orchids once, the mother said nothing.

I'm guessing, and it's a wild guess, the mum maybe unwell, and the girl is trying to cheer her mum up.