Neighbour’s kid picked my daffodils

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Just that really, had lots of notifications of movement on the doorbell camera and lo and behold a kid (8ish years old) from a few houses down with a bunch of daffodils in her hand.

Checked mine in my front garden when I got home and Every. Single. One. has been taken.

I’m just really sad tbh. Know there are much bigger problems in the world but they were a little spark of joy for me 😕

A vase or something is totally different to a few flowers that technically grew for free.

Daffodils are not free. Someone has to buy the bulbs and spend the time and effort to plant them and care for them. You are clearly not a gardener.

My daffs were planted by me. That means:

1. I went to the shop (fuel and time)
2. I paid for the bulbs (money)
3. I planted some in the ground (time)
4. I planted some into a new pot my mother had given me (her money, my compost and time)
5. I watered them in (my water meter)

They cost me.

This is how I like to spend my time and money. Gardening is a hobby that brings me a lot of joy. If someone walked into your home and took the results of your hobby you'd invested time and money in, you'd be upset.

What an ignorant remark.

Flower gardening costs money, time and effort.

I would want it logged as vandalism. The mother as the supervising adult would be on record in case of future incidents.

Parents need to be held accountable. The “village” has had it with the results of shitty parenting.

A job for the special branch for sure!

Definitely a “loggable” offence!

😂

You know the police don't log incidents - they can issue formal cautions.
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No it’s really not different at all. The child still trespassed by coming onto private property without permission - it makes no difference whether she was in the garden or house, she was still on private property. The monetary value of what the child stole is irrelevant - she took something that belonged to someone else. Theft is still theft whether it’s 20 flowers from bulbs that the OP planted or a valuable ornament.

This. And it also applies to the ones growing in public spaces that people seem to believe are fair game for some reason. Time and money have been invested into them for everyone to enjoy.

The backlash you received is not to 'any level headed post'. You were unkind to OP.

All those on here saying that's 'a really sweet gesture' - no, sorry - at 8 years old (in fact anything over 5/6 years really) you know what's right from wrong and picking flowers out of someone's garden just isn't done!

She has taken your joy and good reason or not - I'd be going round and, in as nice a way as possible, having a word with a parent. It wasn't just one or two, it was every damn one! Yes, they'll grow back - but you have to wait until next spring!

If it was me I'd be so apologetic and I'd be sending my daughter round with an apology and a big vase of fresh daffodils and a box of chocolates to say sorry!

Some of the reactions are absolutely baffling, honestly. People who aren’t bothered that OP has had something she’s worked hard on and is proud of destroyed but think expecting a child to be made to apologise is a grievous breach of her human rights. Kids learn mutual respect by having it modelled to them but it’s clear there’s precious little of that modelling happening in some families . . .

Around here they do. Ask me how I know (arsehole neighbours).

She/he probably thought it was a nice thing to do for their parents or something. I would just not worry,

Daffodils don't seem like a human rights issue to me. I'm sorry but I'm not with you here, kids probably thought it was a nice thing to do for their parents or something, I don't know maybe they've got a sick relative or something & can't afford to buy flowers.
Be kind & understanding, it'll get you better karma

So you've never heard of incredible edible then? Open spaces should be used,

Then they could have picked their.own flowers..

If they can't afford to buy them, why not pick the ones growing in their own garden for these sick relatives you've imagined up then?

Why leave theirs, and deliberately go onto someone else's property and take all their flowers away?

How would they know OP wasn't sick and that these were bringing her joy? How would they know OP was unable to afford to buy flowers and therefore was enjoying her perennials and nothing more?

Would they have liked it if the flowers in their own garden were taken away by someone else?

No one is saying OP has had human rights breached. What they said was PPs are acting like the expectation of an apology was breaching the neighbours human rights. When in actual fact, it's an expectation of human decency.

Maybe. Maybe not. What we DO know is that the little girl had daffs in her own garden she could have picked if that were the case. I’m sorry but I really don’t see what’s not to get here. She did something wrong and should be made to apologise properly. I’ve said it before - it isn’t kind to tear up something someone worked hard on and is proud of. The kid needs to learn that asap. If she had a hobby and someone came and took away the fruits of it she would, presumably, be justifiably upset. OP’s been very understanding. The next person might not be, and there will be a next person unless the kid is corrected in her error. As for karma, well, whatever. I’d rather we all lived together in mutual care and respect, frankly. I think those lacking kindness/understanding are those who are unable to empathise with OP here.

Well if they wanted to take flowers to some sick relative they could have taken the flowers from THEIR OWN GARDEN!

This brat vandalised and stole from someone else. Any 8 year old would know it was wrong.

As for your "being kind and understanding will get you better karma"..........🙄🙄🙄

here too, same reason

Would you still think it was a ‘nice thing to do’ if the child had gone onto someone’s private property and stolen a parcel that Amazon had left on the doorstep?

Eh?

Daffodils are not edible. Hope this helps.

yes there are places where harvesting of specially grown stuff is permitted and the stuff is grown for that purpose. IMO growing beautiful things to be looked at and enjoyed and to provide an area that lifts the spirits and relieves stress is equally important and IS "space being used"