Playing out

[Georgybell]

It seems these days kids are just left to their own vices playing football on the street where there are parked cars constantly hitting the cars all over, kicked against house windows at force - this is what has been happening on a now regular basis in our area. Why are some parents just not taking their kids to the park? These are like 8/10 years old! Cars are constantly speeding down the street it seems as if whatever is easier wins not safer! I firstly asked kindly if they wouldn’t mind playing just a little further down after it hit our car 3 times and he became cocky and said ‘my dad said I could’ - why are parents not doing their job and taking them to where they need to play? They deserve that! I’m sick of seeing this over and over again and I know it’s a rant but emir at that age parents can’t be bothered then please don’t have them it’s not for the rest of society to bring them up. Constantly knocking on the door because ball goes in our garden and right when my elderly mother is having a nose bleed and coughing up blood. Seriously please think if you just leave your kids out to do that elsewhere it’s not appreciated!

Welcome to Mumsnet. You joined us just to have that rant?

Its OK for children to play outside.

I'd go so far as to say its not the end if the world if your car got hit once, by accident if followed by an apology.

It's not OK your car was hit several times. So it's OK to ask them to move. But not OK (and is judgemental) to say they shouldn't play out because if it.

Even if they said ‘my dad said I could’, I would have said, ‘well this is my car, not your dad’s, and you can’t hit it. Go and play elsewhere please’.

Don’t let yourself be intimidated by a kid!

It was hit more than once and no apology. I never said they couldn’t play out but playing with a ball and kicking it at force over a big distance when there are cars around that they’ve already hit isn’t ok. It’s not about kids not playing out it’s more that many parents are just taking no interest in taking them to the park so they can have the appropriate places to play big enough for kicking a ball and spreading out. A street where cars speed isn’t the place if you really care about your child.

We did and they carried on hitting it and it was after that that they hit our front room window. One of their dads is rough as hell and it is intimidating unfortunately. So many that are just rough, aggressive and utter scrats of society are unfortunately the ones that are breeding like crazy and they are not creating decent human beings that are even cared for. This particular father has had 6 now 2 dogs and neither parent works or takes their dog for a walk. No hope. We are moving anyway but I’m sick of seeing this over and over it’s ruining the Uk and schools.