To find pavement chalking by neighbour unreasonable?

[Hanji83]

We are in a row of houses which have a footpath running in front of the road with a grassed area either side. One of the neighbours has two kids, who for the past week have been drawing on the pavement using chalk. It looks an utter mess. Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?

Makes me think fondly of the time I got pissed with a friend before her DH did a big bike ride. We PAINTED the road in the style and custom of Le Tour. WTF were we thinking. That, is an issue OP, chalk? No.

So what if it looks a mess? It does not affect you at all. Do you not have anything else to worry about?

It will rain at some point and it will go! Genuinely, is this such an issue for you? Makes a nice change to hear that kids are outside playing in this way imo.

Grow up.

I think some people really don’t have enough problems if they get wound up about stuff like this.

FFS as soon as it rains it will magically disappear. Come and live round me where little scrotes like to graffiti on people’s walls and the side of houses.

Complaining about children having fun chalking on the pavement. You sound a real fun sponge.

First shower of rain and it will be gone.

Didn’t you do this when you were a kid? It’s a charming, harmless activity!

Why is it actually bothering you? Does it hurt you? It's your property damaged.

Soon be rained away

Is this a reverse??! If not, you miserable git! It's a classic part of childhood drawing on the pavement with chalk. Will you only be happy once you've squeezed every last ounce of joy out of their lives????

My old neighbour used to complain about this but she had dementia so I indulged her nonsense and made the kids not do it outside her house and got them to wash it away after a day or two. She had very little meaning in her life apart from looking out of the window so I didn't want to upset her unnecessarily.

Jesus.

I love our pavement chalk - the kids round here have been doing it for weeks and I think the little rainbows, hearts and flowers add a lovely feeI to the neighbourhood. It'll be too cold and wet for it soon enough, chill out and wait a few weeks - but in the meantime, let the kids have a bit of harmless fun.

Really?

A bit of chalk is only going to hide the uneven stones, the stinky stains, the general rubbish and the dog and ox shit on the pavements round here.

Bring it on!

Do you have DCs OP?

And we wonder why kids don't play out.

With all due respect what did you really expect the reaction to be? So many of us deal with real neighbour nuisance issues, asb, vandalism. Some coloured chalking on the pavement....you will get slammed for complaining about that, I'm afraid.

I like chalk drawings. I’d probably be out there joining in.

My DS took some chalk out into the garden earlier. What a state. What vandalism. Next it will be young offenders

Chalk pavements was my most successful way of getting my dd (8 at the time) to do maths during lockdown
It’s a mandatory part of childhood surely

I love the replies on this thread ❤️
Rain is coming, the chalk art (or mess if you like) will be washed away. Let it go, OP. There are so many other things to spend your energy on.

I am shaking and crying at that!! Trauma!!

Neat idea! My daughter, years ago now, got through many a box of chunky coloured chalk 🌈🌈

It's chalk not paint.
Please leave it.

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This is actually insane.

Same here for all my kids. Miss those simple innocent days ☺️

It pretty much is.....

My 2 year old has been absolutely loving chalk drawing (absolute nonsense scribbles) with some other kids in the estate. He's been delighted to be able to play with them this summer (instead of being told stay off the green for fear of getting smacked with the football or trying to keep up woth them on their bikes etc). Its been so lovely to see! Even older siblings out playing with younger siblings who'd normally be fighting the rest of the year.