AIBU To Think That This is Bordering on Neglect....

[ithinkmydaughterispeppapig]

My mum and I are quite concerned about my nieces and nephews, they are happy and healthy but my brother and SIL are not too worried about safety at home or out.

Basically the DC aged between 9 and 2 are allowed to play out unsupervised in the street in front of their house. The 4 year old has already had a leg broken after being knocked down by a car in their street, and when my mum visited them this week the only just 2 year old was out in the street in the on a trike. The road is quite dangerous cars parked on both sides, the road goes down a hill and then up a hill, and the residents are campaigning for speed bumps and a 20 mph limit, to slow the traffic down.

Do you think we should discuss it with them, we don't want to fall out, or should we just accept that the way the parent is different to us. The DC are otherwise cared for very well.

We've lived with no garden and soon will again.

Still won't be sending them to play outside unsupervised until they're damn good and ready.

I agree with AppleHEAD.

We also live in a place that's wet and dark a good part of the year.

(Thinking of investing in a used Wii instead . . .)

I don't let my just 5 year old play out alone and def wouldn't let my just 3 year old play out alone (we are in a cul-de-sac)

Never mind the fuckwit neighbours speeding in and out,they could wander off etc too.

My girls are not stupid but i don't think they are aware enough of the many dangers at 5 and 3.

It's neglect IMO. It's the kind of thing my db and his exp did but i knew better than to say anything. His dc are still being dragged up sadly

we have similar with a boy in our road he is 4 now and is being brought up by his single father. Whilst i appreciate being a lone parent is hard his son is out between 7 & 7 most days and his dad is in a first floor flat he is in first of 2 blocks of flats then there are 6 houses his dad is often watching tv while his son is often on the road as the end he lives at is infront of the road which leads into our road we live the other end which is paved with no road access he also ends up round the back alley which leads to the 6 houses and can definitely not be seen from the flats i allow my children to play on the paved area but only while i am out there mine are 3 and 7. My 7 year old is sometimes out while i watch her from window or the cctv that shows our whole road and is available on our tv but my 3 year old is not allowed out unattended ever!