To not feed the neighbours children?

[MugglesandLuna]

Three children have come over from across the street to play with DS

I have already supplied them with an ice lolly, 2 drinks of juice and a bag of crisps each, but one of them has just said 'Im hungry, can I have some lunch'

AIBU to tell them to go home and get it. They are 10/11/12 and they live just across the street. They were here three days last week and I fed them each time.

Are they nice? (potstickers)

When did Mums get so wet?

DS1 is just starting to have random neighbour kids over and I just tell them to go home when I have had enough, I know my neighbour does the same because he has come home after being turfed out.

Happened all the time when I was a kid. Mums are the bosses.

Potsticker is a gyoza in the UK I think.

YAnbu, tell them that if they are hungry they are to go home and eat, cheeky kids!

God be assertive woman, they are kids not scary monsters. Say to them "its time for you to go home for lunch now"

I used to say to visiting children, Im feeding my children lunch now go home and have yours and you can come back after.

Sorry, but I worked to a budget I was a single parent working damn hard to feed my kids, I only bought food for them there was never any spare.

Unless a kid was invited for dinner they didn't get anything from my house. Not even a bag of crisps.

I had this kind of rubbish with the neighbours kids a few years ago.

I started to say "no, i'm not giving you anything else because i'm sure your mum has some lunch/tea ready for you and she'll be cross with me, you should go and check your food is ready". Big fake grin plastered on my face.

Inviting a child over for tea is different.

I also had words with dd as she'll happily hand out ice lols to the whole street...it adds up. I honestly dont care how mean the parents think I am!