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 😕

Is there any chance that you can go to the gardening centre and replace the flowers with something?

I'd be having a kind but firm word with the child's mum.

I would want someone to say something if it was my kids.

Why should OP be out of pocket because of a thieving kid?

It’s OP’s property and the parent should’ve stopped the child or at least made them apologise

This reminds me of a sad story from my mother that happened in the 60s
My parents had lodgers as they’d just bought a house and didn’t have a lot of money.
One of the lodgers picked mum some flowers outside the local Town hall on his way home from work.
She was chuffed to bits as no one had ever given her flowers before but soon after the lodger gave her the flowers there was a knock on the door from a policeman who’d followed the lodger home telling mum the flowers in her hand were stolen. Poor mum, the shame she must have felt
This story has always made me so sad
One reason I always gave my mum flowers whenever I saw her

sorry for that derail OP

I do agree with you OP, you need to talk to the parents. It’s not kind to take from others

Howling at this so very unhinged post 🤣🤣🤣

Until another super sweet eight year old picks them sweetly for their mummy.

Does an 8 year old know how long daffodils last? I would have hid them from my mum at that age, until it was the day I needed them, only to find them dead😆

Anyway, YANBU OP. I would be annoyed at this.

I thought I was going crazy, stealing is NOT ‘super sweet’. The fact this child hasn’t picked the daffs in her own bloody garden screams ‘little shit.’
Thankfully voting is 95% YANBU.

Children should be taught not to steal/ disrespect other people’s property.

The child is just a child, fgs.
Thieving brat?
I despair. 🤦‍♀️

Just a child who repeatedly stole property not belonging to them.

As long as the child isn’t being called a thieving brat to their face, I think a poster being annoyed with them and describing them as such on a forum isn’t the end of the world.

She's 8 mate

You know what you need to do.
Go now strip their front garden of daffodils
What is good for the goose is good for the gander

She’s old enough to know stealing is wrong.

What a very strange attitude!

Yes, but kids don't think like adults even if they know right/wrong. What can OP do? File a police report?
Maybe tell the child's parents, but for what?

I have loads of daffodils, and a side garden that runs parallel with a pathway, a couple of weeks ago there was a pile that had been pulled up and thrown on my lawn. I would have preferred it if someone was pinching them for themself, but at least I was able to gather them up and put them in a vase for myself. I know I have loads, and they're all over everywhere, but they do bring joy to me because its a symbol that means spring is on its way, and they're so pretty.

Incidentally they lasted way longer in a vase indoors than supermarket ones do, so I might plant extra bulbs this year and give myself a patch to pick from.

That's as good a reason as any to have a polite word with the parents or she'll be back for them too

If she's around 8, she's old enough to know not to go in other peoples gardens, and if she's picked your daffs and not the ones in her own garden I'd bet she also knows she is not to pick the flowers from the garden either.

Have a word with the parents - they may not have realised where she got them from, and if you don't, theres a good chance it'll happen again with more of your flowers.

Kids don't know this stuff automatically, but parents should be teaching them! It's not sweet to destroy other peoples stuff/steal from their gardens!

This. Why is this child walking around randomly picking flowers in the street. If she is old enough to walk around on her own she's old enough to know you don't pick flowers you buy them ! It's not sweet and very annoying..

That's not "super sweet", that's theft, the child is 8 years old and therefore old enough to know not to take things from other people's gardens.

Definitely speak to the parents or your tulips will be gone too. 8 is plenty old enough to know not to do this.

Tell the parents.

Agreed.

I’d go and knock or put a note through the door. As this kid might come and pick your tulips. So his parent need to tell him / her it was wrong to pick someone’s flowers. Especially as they have their own! Daffs bring a big smile to my face too, so i’d feel annoyed at this too.