How would people handle neighbours children helping themselves to things from the garden? When we first moved in, there were some tyres and planks of wood that my son plays with (making balance beams etc) on the front lawn (fenced off so clearly our lawn) that a friend had collected from our old house and dropped off while we were out. I arrived home to find two lads helping themselves to the tyres. I asked them to put them back on our lawn, to be met with an argument and an earful of cheek. I explained that they belonged to my son and that he plays with them, that they weren't rubbish (I was a hell of a lot more polite than they were, and much more so than I felt like being). Any time there's anything out there, they try to take it (not an option to play in the back at the moment as there's a half built conservatory and associated tools etc all over the garden, by kids are 2 and newborn so it's not appropriate to take them out there). I don't leave anything out there really any more, but in the time it takes me to bring the toddler in for a wee, our property is off out on the green, and I have to fight to get it back. I've just had to go out and retrieve the football goal that they were merrily lifting over the fence (no room for it out back until the conservatory is finished). Their parents and their Nana (I assume) are sat on the front, so the adults responsible for caring for them are fully aware of what's going on. We've put cameras on, with no effect. They're currently kicking the football at the window, and knocking on the door and running away every time they come into the garden to retrieve it.