Daughter broke neighbours bike

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Basically as it says. Brand new bike which for some reason she jumped on when walking passed. No idea what she was thinking but it’s snapped something and seems can’t be fixed. I wasn’t aware until this morning when another neighbour mentioned it and gave me recommendations for where to go for a replacement.

Personally if it was me I’d never ask for a replacement and put it down to kids being kids. I have spoke to my daughter but she can’t explain why she did it . It’s totally out of character. AIBU not to buy a new bike?

Have you read that this is a reverse

What on earth is the point of a reverse, you would get the same answers either way. Such silliness.

Jesus Christ, of course you replace the bike - what’s wrong with you??

Not teaching your daughter right from wrong are you?! Of course you replace it. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree by the sounds of it.

Oh, a reverse,

Of course they must replace it. Small claims court?

A reverse? My only thought in opposition was that most bike parts that can be easily snapped by being jumped on are easily replaced. It doesn’t sound as if it’s a serious cyclist’s expensive gear set.

If the child broke the frame by jumping on it you’ve got bigger problems, and I’d be complaining to the manufacturers and sellers about the unsuitability of their product for general use.

Yes of course you offer now you know about it.

We had a child over who knocked over a liquid that stained a patch of carpet in my dc's room. I said nothing, and honestly assumed it would come out, then when it didn't I was able to move furniture to cover it. But we are about to replace the whole room because of what has become known as "George's spill."

It is a different situation, as I had given him the liquid, but every time I look at it I know his mum would cringe to hear we have a patch called George's patch because most people want to try to put things right.

Ah reverse! Yes, same answer from me.

Id be waking it to the neighbours and leaving it with them to get fixed ..with a deadline given .as in, need it by next week when holidays atart

Exactly. Said it many times on here. Parents teach your kids respect but obviously OP has none to pass on.

It was a sodding reverse...

If the OP had said “My neighbour’s kid deliberately stamped on my DD’s bike and broke it, and when I approached them, they refused to pay for it - AIBU to think they should pay?” I highly doubt anyone would have said she was unreasonable, so it was a completely unnecessary reverse.

Given you’ve not taken to a bike shop yet I’d do that to get repaired. If my child broke someone else’s bike I’d offer to sort it all out. But as they’ve not you could ask them this, or take yourself then ask them to pay. I very much doubt this is t a simple and low cost repair though.

Also you’ve not even asked them, chance parents don’t realise what’s happened.

Totally unreasonable...pay for the bike!! Since when did we ger taught its fine to go round breaking peoples things with no reason!

So if a neighbours kid came and jumped on your kids new bike and broke it you’d be happy just to say ‘ah well no bike now jimmy sorry’. No, you’d expect them to replace it.

Reverses are so annoying and unnecessary. This thread is all over the place as a result, wasting time and energy. I do wish they weren't "allowed"
OP you have lost out on some good advice as a consequence because lots will have simply left the thread, once they realised,
Nonetheless I hope you sort out the bike without too much difficulty.

This isn’t kids being kids, you don’t damage other peoples property and think this! You need to pay up. Your child broke something belonging to someone else, yes you bloody pay for a replacement and give your daughter a good speaking to.

I agree, it was initially a reverse so the post should be taken down.

Evening, all. We're going to close this thread to new posts now. It sounds like the OP was a reverse and lots of people are missing the update on that. Given that the OP has had lots of advice here already, we think it will save lots of confusion if we close the thread now.