We recently got new neighbours. They share a path and back garden with us. They constantly leave their 5yo son in the back garden (saying they can see him from the window) and i've often had to bring him back home as he has managed to open the gate and wonder off down the front street which is next to a main road. Their son also has a skin condition which they leave untreated and is still in nappies at home because they can't be bothered to take him to the toilet (this was by their own admission). He regularly poo's himself and they don't change him. When I offered him an apple he said he didn't know what it was but was willing to try (maybe a fib? but he seemed serious). Sometimes the little boy misses school because his parents can't be bothered to take him (which is less than five minutes away by foot). It's getting to the point were I don't want to go into our shared back garden because their son constantly shouts and screams at my 3yo DD but I feel sorry for him because he is always dirty and by himself.
What would you do in my situation?