We have new neighbours with six children, the four eldest range from 5 to 9. We also have several other children in the street who come out to play. My ds is only just 3 but is very friendly and wants to play. All summer he has been playing with these children, either out the front where I have stood and watched him or in our garden and occasionally the house. The children are nice and good with my ds but very very bolshy. They have been all through my house despite being asked to stay downstairs or in ds's room. They all went in my bedroom last time and some of them were taking things off my ds (his own toys) and a few things got broken. Having nine children in the house is just too much for me. They also demand food and drinks a lot of the time and I just think it is a bit much. As my ds is only 3 he never goes to their houses in return, they all seem to end up at mine.
Anyway, I decided after last time I'd had enough and they weren't all coming in the house at once again. This evening there were eight children playing out including my ds. They started off in my garden and I told them they weren't to go in the house. I made it very clear that they could play in the garden but not go in.
Anyway after about an hour in the garden (read tipping sand everywhere and mixing loads of bubble mixture in my son's sandpit) two of them got up and just went through into the house. I couldn't help it, I raised my voice before I'd even thought of it. I didn't scream at them or anything but I definitely raised my voice and sharpened my tone.
Now I feel a bit bad, telling other people's children off seems wrong. Wibu to say "out of my house now! Now now now!" I think I said something along the lines of "were you invited in? No? Then go back out!" but I can't really remember because I was so annoyed!