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Annoyed with the kids in the street

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D3LAN3Y · 25/07/2024 20:03

Now I'm fully aware the summer holidays are in full swing. I'm also aware children are allowed to make noise and play out. Id prefer actually prefer children were all outside enjoying the fresh air and summer sun than stuck inside glued to ipads or bored, however in my street it seems that basic parenting has gone out of the window.
Almost every single day so far kids (both opposite me, next door to me and down the street) have let their little darlings run riot from half 7 in the morning until half 10 at night. These kids (varying from 4yrs-10) will blast footballs at fences, climb fences, scale garden walls, screech, scream, shout, fight, throw stones, leave scooters and bikes in the middle of the roads, leave gates wide open, stand all over flower beds, break garden furniture/ornaments and my new personal favourite ... throw dog poo bags (full of dog shit) in people's gardens. These kids are unsupervised.
Now you may ask, why have you not gone to the parents? I have (many times) and in return I've been shouted at, been told unless I have proof of their kids doing this then I need to "fuck off". "It's just kids being kids", "let them play, it's the summer holidays". I have even reported some of the damage to the community protection team (due to us all living in social housing) and I've heard NOTHING back.
I've had to keep my own DS inside or secluded in our back garden due to another child punching him (and that child's mother screaming at him for retaliating). Luckily we have school holiday activities booked in from next week.

AIBU for being annoyed and counting down the days for the return for normality?

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TheHateIsNotGood · 25/07/2024 20:11

Well you've got way better weather than down these parts. They've only just broken up - give it a couplaweeks and maybe it'll calm down.

Must be 'some' neighbourhood you live in OP, given you're the only SH tenant within your local radius that manages to actually control their dc whilst the rest are all 'feral'.

D3LAN3Y · 25/07/2024 23:21

My DS needs constant supervision due to having ASD/ ADHD. I constantly have to find ways to keep him entertained that don't damage our property, his toys or end up in accidents. He also has dyspraxia. There's been plenty of times he has also been told off for not playing nicely, being too loud or not listening, the only massive difference seems to be that I tell my child off. He gets told to come in, things get taken away and then I become the villain.
It's a bit shit when I've told my son off for something and he can hear feral kids causing mayhem outside with no consequences. I've explained to him that I'm only concerned about his actions because I'm his mum but he can't grasp this.

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