To let my DD walk on the wall?

[PrincessWatermelon]

Like any other children, my 2 DDs (2 and 4) love walking on garden walls. There are some especially good ones near the school. No one has told us off, but I do wonder what the 'done thing' is. Obviously I'm careful they only walk on a sturdy wall and don't touch/harm any plants/fences, etc. Do you think this is ok or AIBU?

YAVBU...

Letting your kids walk on other people's garden walls is disrespectful and doesnt teach children proper respect for other people's property. I wouldn't dash out if I saw a child on my wall, tbh, but I would not think well of the parent.

And public walls still can be damaged and they have to be paid for

We often get children walking along the walls of the fields and I've given up asking people not to. Last year a child fell off and landed on a temp electric fence I'd put up as the wall was waiting for repair. I had to keep my horses back from it so had put the fence up until the dry stone wall guy could fit us in to repair it. The parents had the cheek to knock my door and accuse me of 'electrocuting their child". If people choose to ignore signs it not my fault if they fall into one of the fields. People are odd....

YABU OP. If I lived on a street it would piss me off with kids walking on my walls.

Next you're all going to say i shouldnt be walking on peoples garden walls!! Seems completely normal for a kid to me.

Assuming you are an adult, then why would you do that? How odd. It's disrespectful for a child to do it but just twattish for an adult

i have a front wall on a busy road by a bus stop near numerous schools. kids walk along it all the time and i like it. The other day i couldn't get onto my drive as there were a line of kids walking along and an adult standing in the way catching them one at a time. i just waited and smiled.

Well good for you - but surely it's not a huge stretch of the imagination to think that not being able to get on your drive because of that is going to piss some people off?

And why 'like it'. 'Tolerate' I could understand (sort of) but why rejoice in a load of kids on your property? Some people are odd

wow! so surprsied that people have such strong feelings about people walking on garden walls. I would think it was sweet if kids were walking on my garden wall. I used to do it as a child and have fond memories. I guess it is private property and all that but this whole thread seems a bit mean spirited (excluding anything dangerous/ obviously crumbling/ ornamental/ delicate and obv not causing any damage.)

I let mine walk on public walls and on some garden walls, never if there are flowers or bushes that can be damaged and not if it's a well-kept garden either - basically I make a judgement call on whether I think the owners so studenty-type houses I do allow. I wouldn't mind someone walking on our wall at all - but get that some people might.

Nah I wouldn't mind at all! Why would you care if a kid walks on your wall? It's just a wall ffs!

Our garden wall is 100 years old, and made of stone that would really hurt if you fell on it. We have plants growing over it though, so have never had kids walk on it.

haha i like it because they were happy, smiling, laughing, having fun, is that not nice to see? Yes some people are odd i agree.

I love MN. If you even dare to look at someone's driveway or parking space people are out in force absolutely outraged. But so many are not only okay will wall walking but are delighted by it.
I know it's not the exact same. OBVIOUSLY.

It takes all sorts, I suppose.

Studenty type houses are often rented and a deposit paid so it's pretty crappy to do that

YABU

Nope - if they are stopping the owner getting on with their lives, that's selfisb

I like seeing kids happy and playing, in my garden or elsewhere, it makes me smile.

And the indulgent attitude is why they do it to the other poor feckers...

If you like kids having a good time then invite them round - but you can't see why people would be less than delighted by kids on their property?

YABU.

I totally allow mine to do it-one of the joys of being small! It didn't even occur to me that people might be bothered (unless they were sitting in their garden, or fragile looking wall etc) in fact, I followed DD1 onto a wall at the weekend and it was brilliant.

(In the interests of full disclosure it was a public wall...)

I can see why people aren't delighted as they may not particularly love kids. But i can't see why anyone would feel negative about it. The logical spectrum for me would go from completely blank and not bothered to pleased. It would never have occurred to me that people would be in their house getting pissed off about it. As long as it isn't damaged of course - just like turning in a drive. I didn't realise it was a thing till i came on MN.