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AIBU to be fed up neighbours can't be arsed watching their own kids

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backstreetboysareback · 21/08/2018 20:13

Have nc for this as it is very outing
Honestly loosing the will to live with my neighbour. Don't know what to do or if I can do anything as she is very confrontational with people who disagree with her views but need advice.

Mother Teresa / earth goddess on Facebook. Married, SAHP, 3 dc. Age 2 5 & 6

Dad appears stoned most of the time and drinks in the day although they have a nice house they own and he works and they appear quite middle class.

Mum makes out on Facebook the kids are constantly clinging off her and she is household goddess. Realistically one is in nursery the other two in school and she spends her day trolling unicef and the likes about how vaccinations are for idiots and anybody who isn't a vegan (she isn't either) must hate animals. "If you disagree with me unfriend me fuck off bye" and all that shit.

Anyway they do nothing with the kids. Don't take them anywhere or do anything with them. Don't even supervise them in the house. Every single day of the holidays they have been all in the road playing from 7am until sometimes gone 10pm while mums front door is closed and she's nowhere to bbe seen but sat posting on Facebook.

Apart from the noise which on my days off work and it being too hot to sleep to with windows shut I'm genuinely worried for the safety of these kids

So far we have caught the 5 year old standing dancing on top of an 8 ft brick wall, no adult to be seen

5yo yesterday riding a bike zig zagging across the road with no helmet

2yo and 5yo constantly hang out of windows shouting

This morning they were out at 7 again shouting in the street

Now they are still out running in and out of the road without looking and infront of cars laughing. Mum and dad might as well have gone out they are never ever watching them.

Our street is a very busy cut through and they live on the corner of another side road.

At the bottom of our street is a road with huge houses on, some of which house kids that have been in care, vulnerable people and people that have previously been in prison including pedophiles, this is knowledgeable to everybody in the street. Our street is the route they would take to get into town as shops are at the other end. Nobody in their right mind would let their kids play out all day here let alone with no sense or parental guidance.
Another neighbour that lives opposite said children are an old couple that are nudists. I've never seen the woman naked but we think the man is losing his awareness as on multiple occasions this year he has been caught by neighbours in the street and in his bag window bollock naked and reported to the police for his own safety so they can check he is ok.

I'm tired of wondering why the parents can't be arsed to watch these kids but can be bothered to sit with a beer on Facebook judging everybody else's attempts at life.

There's probably nothing I can do about it but have a rant. Their kids are in the same school as mine so I have to see them everyday. Their kids have no manners, Road sense, they hit and kick and shout and swear, the youngest doesn't even seem to be able to communicate yet on Facebook she's a middle class stay at home vegan spiritual goddess woman who posts life advice posts constantly

OP posts:
albertcamus · 22/08/2018 20:32

I’m a retired secondary teacher with grown-up children. I always worked in disadvantaged areas and got on well with children and their parents. However, from what I’ve noticed in recent years, social media has a lot to answer for, in terms of some (not all) parents obsessing about FB etc. to the detriment of their children exactly as the OP describes. We live in a small village, but cars speed through and there are a surprising number of young children behaving just as the OP’s neighbour’s, with the parents nowhere to be seen. The latest idiocy is a father who has built a wooden ramp for his very young children to cycle over on the road. Ridiculous & irresponsible ‘parenting’.

GoatWithACoat · 22/08/2018 22:14

Why do you have her on Facebook? In the nicest possible way you are way too invested in her life, what she’s saying / not saying etc. Aren’t you too busy for this shit? Haven’t you got things to do?

If you see kids are at risk, call the police, check they are seen to them get on with your life! Don’t waste mental energy on people you don’t like, life is too short.

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