To think others people's children shouldn't be playing on my driveway?

[MissFredi]

Just that really. It's where my ashtray is(on a shelf out of reach but smoke does travel) and DP wants to plant things on the strip at the side.

And plus its ours, why can they not play on their own?

I would inform the parent/s (in writing), you won't be responsible for any accident/s that their child might have while playing on your driveway.

Or you could ask for Cm wages.

I don't see the big deal. Why does it bother you?

It's not really something that she has to justify to a complete stranger now, is it Unami - it just does bother her, so lets come up with some constructive suggestion for her now, eh? How about it?

We own the land in front of our house but it looks like it is public because there is a path of paving stones running along it and the street has no other pavement. I don't mind people walking along it but children like to use it as a scooter park (has two steps they like to do jumps on). It's very loud and annoying when I am sitting in my kitchen. I felt bad to ask them to stop because it doesn't look like private land (it is - I have checked the deeds). I do ask them to move on but feel awkward doing it. The children who live next door still come to play on what is effectively our front garden even though they now live elsewhere in the village. Drives me crazy.

Well, no, SirChenjin, she doesn't have to justify it. But she did post in AIBU? Not 'let's all agree with me and find solutions'.

Personally, I don't see why it is reasonable to be annoyed by children playing on a driveway. Ok, she owns the driveway, and she's perfectly entitled to be all 'Get Off My Land!' if she wants to be. But I'm kind of interested as to what aspects of kids playing there bothers her. It seems a bit uptight to me, unless they are making excessive noise or damaging the land/property. What's the big fuss?

I came home one day and my dh was on our drive arguing that we didn't want neighbours children having picnic on our drive. (common green both sides of drive) I had to get our deeds because she said that counsellor .. had said we had no right to use 'that peice of land'!!! Perhaps we should have just run them over?!!
you are def not being unreasonable

And don't forget it's all roses until one of them hurts themselves on something..!

Will become your fault.

OK - you don't see a problem. She does. As do the vast majority of people on here. Perhaps it might have been better to post elsewhere, but she didn't. Fortunately she's been given constructive suggestions by other posters though.

I'd just like to know what the problem is exactly.

Any number of the posts above will explain what the problem is

If she really doesn't want the kids to play there, then she should obviously, as others have said tell them not to.

But I think it is unreasonable to be get annoyed about 5/6 year old kids playing outside if they're doing no harm, especially if you haven't actually communicated the fact that you don't like it to them.

I agree, and so do most of the others here who have offered that bit of constructive advice - it's no good expecting the kids to read your mind, so given that it's her prerogative to mind them playing on her driveway then I'm sure a quiet word in their direction will see them playing happily elsewhere. Job done.

I don't like other people's children playing in front of my house because they're noisy and disturb my evenings. Perhaps the op feels the same. Or perhaps she doesn't like anyone trespassing on her property. I'm not sure it really matters why to be honest.

So, finished work and they've gone in. And have also told DP and next time they are on it a polite word will be had.

And it's mostly the noise, plus I really don't want to be the one responsible when one of them trips over the door mat or something. And DP doesn't want his flowers trampled either.

Also when I was walking to work I saw they'd left their scooters abandoned on the road. It's more of a gravel road but they were still plonked in the middle. Not even sure what to think to that.