To not like children waling on my wall.

[MarioandLuigi]

Maybe I am being a bit grumpy but it irritates me.

I have a small wall around my front garden, about a metre high. Parents let thier children walk on it and it drives me crackers.

Dont get me started on the people that sit on it (we live at the end of the road so people waiting to be picked up see it as some kind of bench)

YANBU. Allowing your child to walk on your property is ill-mannered.

Since when was it okay to do as we please on other people's land? You might as well walk across the farmers field then or take your child to play in the reception of the nearest office block. After all, he won't be causing any damage, why should the farmer or office manager complain?

As for 'he's only a child, he's not causing any harm.' That's not the bloody point!

YANBU - 'public walls' are ok - garden walls definately not. Trouble is, what are you actually going to do about it - fly outside every time someone walks on it? You are going to have to learn to live with it or change it for a fence/hedge to stop it - though people really should have better manners and not allow their kids to do it IMO.

harriet, ^"Trouble is, what are you actually going to do about it"

Opening the door to let out an over-enthusiastic 14 stone Rottweiler seems like a plan. I suspect that the OP would only need to do this once per offending family. :o

public walls - fine
ppls front walls - totally not fine!!

if my DD or nephew tried this they'd get a reminder that that wall or front lawn they were on did not belong to us, that the ppl who own that house wouldnt be very happy about them walking there and that ppl spend a lot of money making their houses and gardens pretty and there is absolutely no reason for them to walk there and to have more respect for other ppls property. i am quite strict about respect tho too many kids are brought up not respecting other ppls things and boundaries its not very nice to see.

I don't like it either - main reason we keep the hydrangea of suck in the front garden (I fucking HATE hydrangeas) is that our wall's one of the few flat-topped ones in the street and I'm not having all the kids in the street sitting on it - so leaving the bushes up means it's not likely to happen.

More than anything else - our front wall's 2 foot or so away from our front window - a kid (or arse plonked) on it is really quite intrusive as a feeling THAT close to our lounge window. Long term I'll get it rebuilt with iron railings on the top of it like the neighbour has... when I win the lottery and can get everything else I want done with the house first done lol.

Now I've got my head around the Moby Dick and Jerusalem confusion suggested by the title, I'm left somewhat disappointed by this topic. But actually YABU in getting to het-up about this but there are ways to avoid it. If you'd prefer to avoid landmines or razor wire then just put some trellis up.

Sorry, that should read "so het up".

YANBU, I think it's rude to do this. I never let my dc walk on the walls of other peoples properties, the same as I wouldn't let them go and play in their gardens. I do allow them to walk on walls in public areas.

YANBU. I used to love walking along Walls, but only those around public buildings etc. And I taught my DC even as toddlers that it isn't ok to walk on people's property.

Bumbling - that was my comment, so I will add to it. Of course it's totally different if someone is unwell and needs to rest, but in the vast majority of cases it's not that - it's people being lazy and thinking they have the right to sit on other people's property. Which yes, is just plain rude.

I think YABa miserable buggerU

Why didn't that work?

I think YAB a miserable bugger U

Ah. Spaces

YANBU. I don't let m kids walk on peoples walls, other public ones - yes. The Many walls round our way are getting old and crumbling - dangerous for the children and expensive for the owner to replace. Saying that, i have a bus stop outside my house and don't mind people letting their kids, or teens etc sit on it to wait - as long as they don't abuse it.

YANBU. My Mum used to make me get down off a wall if it belonged to someone's house. Part of respecting property I suppose.

I must be a meanypants too because I wouldn't let mine walk on a wall that was clearly part of a property. Just because I think it shows a lack of respect for the persons home, that's all. "Public" walls sure but not in front of a house. 'Tis just the way I was brought up!

Walking on walls is the same as kicking piles of autumn leaves. it should be any child's inalienable right. It's FUN! And it does no harm.

Boooo!

I was a public walls OK, private walls not OK myself when DCs were little.