Young family taking over

[StraightOuttaChorlton]

We live on a small 1930s estate in an urban area / large city. Our houses aren’t huge, and gardens are compact although more than just a yard (probably 4m x 4m so enough for beds and a small lawn).

During lockdown our neighbours at the bottom of the garden (so on the next road) moved out and a new family moved in with a baby. They’ve now had another child and their then baby is around 3-4.

The estate is mixed - at the rougher edges of a “nice” part of the city. Lots of older people who’ve been here decades who are replaced by young professionals / families. This family however have taken over. Their toddler run around the roads without supervision (there are no drives, and cara are on the road), they leave their children’s toys on the pavements including a small slide: meaning the older residents / those with accessibility issues struggle.

We don’t have children, they are clearly and understandably trying to make the estate more child friendly, but perhaps going about it in a way which aggravates rather than encourages inclusion. Any advice?

If they have objects causing an obstruction you have every right to move them.

Tell them it's causing a problem, or would you be uncomfortable doing that?
They have no right to block a path, it's selfish and irresponsible of them

A toddler running around outside with no supervision is a safeguarding concern to say the least, so I’m sure you’ve already reported that issue to child services, right?

If I saw their toddler in the road unsupervised I’d take it back to their house and make it clear you’ll be reporting to social services next time you see it left unattended around cars. And I’d probably wait until after dark every day and then move all the toys into my own garden, continuing until they stopped leaving them out, but I’m a bit of a dick.

Tell them to parent their children and if they leave toys out in the road chuck them over their fence or put them on top of their car.

I wouldn't do any of these passive aggressive things. I would simply tell the neighbours that their slide is causing an obstruction and ask them kindly to move it.

Why don't they keep the toys in the garden?

Get them reported to social services....negligent parents

What else is going on in that home!

Ask them to move the slide.

No toddler should ever be unsupervised, if they are then you call social services.

Of course they can’t have a slide on the pavement. Move it and tell them why. You are not in the wrong.