Children looking over back fence - AIBU to find this annoying

[PinkPonyTail]

Part of me thinks it’s part of living in a built up area but I myself have kids and do not allow them to watch over into the other neighbours gardens.

So a new family have moved into the house that backs into our garden. Their children climb up and hang over the 6ft fence and shout things. Nothing major but I don’t want to sit in my garden and have a random child hanging over the back fence.

I have to close the conservatory blinds as the garden is really small and they can see us watching tv or having a cup of tea if we don’t.

I’ve said to the kids, don’t watch over at us, we don’t like it but their reply is their dad says they can, it’s their fence. (Double sided). No point getting into a discussion about it with a child. Dad is standing there but says nothing.

AIBU

Get a mosquito device.

I like the parasol idea to block their view in the short term, and look at planting something on a trellis.

I second getting a mosquito device. Give the little shites headaches every time they're doing this. When they're not peering over it can be turned off. It'll be training them. Fence = headache

Re the mosquito thing. They say that only kids can hear them but it's not always try case. I can hear the awful things and so can 1 of my pals. Best test it out first because it gets right inside your head.

How did he get around to telling you that? Were you complaining? What did you respond?

I have exceptionally sharp hearing so those mosquito things would annoy me. My L shape garden wanders about 200' from the house and stretches to about 60'. Far too big really. I have bamboo, which I'm cutting down and it regrows. I would semi sink dustbin size pots for them and put a couple of gravel boards across to hide the pots. You can keep the lower shoots trimmed back from the stems if they intrude too far into your garden. They rustle in the wind and will look quite pretty.

Under the law a line of trees is a hedge and should be kept to 2 metres if it's blocking the light from a house, so bear that in mind when planting. If you've asked the family not to peer over they are being rude but there's not a lot you can do about it in crowded areas. Good luck in finding a solution that works for you.

Omg. The parents moved their slide deliberately so the kids could see in and they had the nerve to tell you this. CFers. Did they sound like normal people or weirdos? What did you respond?

Can you put the silver reflective film on your window glass so that you can see our but others can't see in during the daytime and just shut the blinds/curtains at night?

I also second the strategically-placed tilted parasol (or two).

Play some classical or old school jazz music every time they do it. Most children don't like those styles of music. Or maybe a really boring podcast about economics.

Turn off a few minutes after they drop down.

Hopefully it will evoke a Pavlovian response .

Oops, @Branleuse beat me to it.