Young mother let's her kids damage my plants what should I do? ?
Hi guys I have a problem there is a lady who has 3 small children her little boy is a menace he pulls my plants and flowers he has scratched my neighbours fence and pulled the wire mesh out of my neighbours fence then he banged into my rose Almost damaging I yelled out to them please becareful of my plants the mother of the child shouted rudely pardon. I told them off once saying please don't touch my plants after her kids waved a stick on them she was aggressive mouthing off at me what do I do I believe sge cagt control her kids avd allows her kids to do it what should I do I told my partner to tell the neighbour about the damage to his fence but my partner said he won't make a special journey what do I do im deeply upset about this
Actualización:Yesterday when I was In. My garden pruning my roses her kiddy called out avd shouted witch to me, which was rude I said excuse me she then what did you say then sge aggressively avd threatenly says to my faca cagt, say it to my face I'm so frightened I don't know, what to do
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i would report them to your area child services (abuse/neglect)
I think you should try to establish a relationship with your neighbors. Be friendly meet the children and then explain to them how they are causing damage to your property. If that doesn't work report them to the police.
This is quite hard to read due to the grammar and misspellings, but from what I understand, your neighbor’s children are damaging your own and another neighbor’s fence/property?
Since yelling out to the kids has not worked maybe try going to their house/apartment or wherever they live, and politely explain that her little boy is doing damage to your property, and ask her, again politely, to please do not allow them to do that.
If she refuses or is rude, and this is an apartment building, report it to your landlord/manager/whoever would take care of these types of complaints.
If she seems as if she is overwhelmed with three kids who have probably been cooped up for months, then maybe cut her some slack. It may be not that she is just rude and refuses, but that she is utterly overwhelmed and unable to keep her children all occupied and behaving at the same exact time.
The mouthing off and rudeness could be that your complaint and yelling to her instead of face-to-face was the tipping point for the day. Kids running, being wild, hard to entertain, trying to keep it together, AND a neighbor once again complaining?
If they are damaging another neighbor’s fence, you could contact that neighbor as well. Maybe they know and do not care; or they could be unaware and will appreciate you saying something.
Either way, if your partner will not do it, you should yourself.
I hope this helps. Good luck and remember, the behavior you see on the surface may not be that little boy’s behavior most of the time. Every child acts out once in a while, even the most polite and well-behaved. :)
Let it ride. You will only make it worse. You have no power to change their ways, You can avoid them and do things so they avoid you. Like move your next planting so that they cannot see it. Build a fence and block them out. One that they can't tear up. You might also find out how long your neighbors will be there. Often trouble makers are short-timers and move on. Other problems making it necessary.
The children are in your yard, or is this a shared space? If it's your yard, fence it.
Call the Police and file a "they ALMOST damaged my property" report.