Would you rather your child was inside gaming or outside causing a nuisance?

[Scion123]

I know there’s a middle ground but if you had to choose between DS 10 being out in the street on his bike, not causing trouble but a big group of them getting in the way of people trying to reverse out of their drives, kicking balls near people’s windows, cycling on other people’s drives or inside on his Xbox, gaming online with his school friends what would you prefer? (I’m talking about an hour or so after school, outside of normal weekend activities, clubs etc)

You’ve said yourself there’s a middle ground. Teach your children to be respectful and be outside without making a nuisance of himself.

Outside. He can learn to be considerate to your neighbours, but if he's inside he's not being active or getting fresh air.

cycling on other people’s drives
Why would he be on other peoples' drives? I've had this, a group of teenage boys who lived elsewhere cycling up and down my front path (short path but you can go up a bit and round and off the drive) and basically terrorising me. It's horrible.
If you can't teach them to behave respectfully then keep them indoors.

He is but the other kids aren’t and I can’t control their behaviour. He’s happy staying in but then he’s missing out on playing out. When he’s out (and I watch closely) he’s very respectful but others see the group and not the individual.

Sorry,I should have made it very clear that he isn’t doing any of that behaviour but others in the group are.

Do you have a garden he can play outside in?

if him being a nuisance basically means riding his bike around and kicking a ball, then id rather they were outdoors playing. You cant stop adults being annoyed at kids. Some people get annoyed with kids for even existing non-silently.
When you said causing nuisance, i was assuming you meant throwing stones or doing proper naughty stuff.