Throwing drink cartons out of bedroom window

[Livingingangstersparadise]

How strict would you be on this?

Dh just doing the front garden and came in with an empty drink carton saying ‘They’ve thrown this out of the window’
Dd, 7 and friend playing in her bedroom upstairs, I called up to ask her and she said her friend did it to be silly to our dog (he’s a lovely boy) I just said ok and not to throw rubbish again.
Dh angry about it, is it really that bad? It’s not ideal at the end of the day, but they’re only 7

It was a joke! Sorry obviously didn't land (pun intended) 😆 should have thrown an emoji in!

What a big old fuss over nothing. But I suspect the issue here is your husband and that he’s often over the top with discipline

Impeccable. Good work 👏🏻

Same here. Non issue!

Maybe

Probably picked it up out of curiosity then tossed it realising it was a load of ole rubbish.

I mean I only allow a water bottle in a bedroom no other drinks and certainly no food - just gross
always makes me wonder when people talk about teenagers and loads of pots in their bedrooms
my teen has never and would never do this I find it bizarre people live like this!

We still don't know the dogs role in this. Throwing something out of a window is silly, throwing something at a dog is horrendous and dangerous.

I'd have got her and the friend to come downstairs and pick up the litter that was thrown, and put it in the bin.

I'd also have told the pair of them off about whatever it was that they were trying to do to the dog.

When the friend goes home, I'd sit DD down and tell her if she cant be trusted to remind her friends of house rules and atick up for herself, she cant have friends over to play in unsupervised rooms.

I'm Team DH here.

Same. Water only in bedrooms. We ate downstairs in the kitchen or dining room. We never had missing plates or mugs, etc.

What battles do you pick, exactly?

If shaking a chair around at a café is not cause for a 'battle', what is?

Are you in some way trying to set up your H to be the bad cop here? A child of seven should know better than to behave badly when out and about. You need to step up and start expecting better behaviour from your seven year old. Or will you be saying 'she's only eight/ nine/ ten...' next year, and on into the future?

She was sat on a chair moving around, to me that isn’t doing anything bad or naughty for heavens sake