To allow my DC to go sledging in our street?

[notnowbernard]

Neighbour has just complained and told us to stop and go to a park instead

Her rationale being that it will make the road even icier and increase the risk of falls

She's worried an ambulance won't be able to get through

I must add the actual road (where we were sledging) is so impacted that it is pretty much ice already

And the road at present is impassable as it's a steep hill

AIBU to let them sledge or is she by telling them to stop?

Is she the "granny grump" on the street? Let the kids play!

yanbu.
Micro-managing how the snow melts on the road?? I dare ya' to go out there sledging with them.

I've not actually met her before today (I know most of the other neighbours)

She's not old - late 60's maybe

I'm genuinely suprised and irritated by her opinion

But does she have a point? I don't think so but wondered if other people agreed with her

"Old people" (her words) won't be walking on the road itself, anyway... they'll use the pavements, surely?

I'm not sure an ambulance or ANY vehicle could get up our street atm in any case

Not sure 2 kids on a sledge will make much difference

I have asked a friend yesterday if sledgeing on the pavement was allowed here because back home it isn't, exactly for the reason your neighbour told you.

My friend said there was nothing against it to he knowledge so I took the Dcs on their sledges to school this morning!

YABU

I agree with her actually. Our road is on a slope and has been sledged on - just because it's already bad isn't an ecxuse for making it even worse. It's a nightmare to get vehciles in and out. I talke mine to the park to do it (just another 100 yards)

i told my children off for sledging on the road - we have moors so no excuse

dp was with me but i said think of others - basically i was scared of being criticised by neighbours

I wouldn't want to risk getting a vehicle in or out of our rd atm. It is truly impassable

Which is why I don't agree with her rationale... it's not going to get easier until it thaws, it's iced up already

You could always give them a shovel a piece and get them to dig your street out of the snow

Well ours and some of the neighbours children were all sledging down our road yesterday! We did make them go down the middle though and not where the tyre tracks were.

Well, she'll be twitching now! There are 3 more DC out there now, sledging