children... bah

[aventurine]

the children next door disrupt me all the time. i know i sound like a bitch for saying it, but it's a major problem every summer. they don't even live there - their grandmother does, and they just get dropped off by a mother that i swear is at least several years younger than me and has a 10-year-old.
there are three of them, and every weekend

Comments

[jjjiii]

You need to talk to their mother, as well as their grandmother. And, just ban them from your yard, entirely. Go ahead and be a bitch -- it's one of those privileges afforded adults. Tell them you'll call the police if they don't stop harrassing you.

[aventurine]

their mother isn't ever around - she spends 30 seconds there like twice a weekend to drop them off and then pick them up again. i complained to my mother about it, and she went over there and told the grandmother that i was really busy, etc., and couldn't have kids bothering me. then she told the kids themselves, and things were calm for about a week. it didn't last.

[jjjiii]

Stake out the mother, and confront her. Or ask the grandmother for her phone number. Or your mom. Or just call the police next time you see them in your yard, and file a formal complaint.

[annabelevil]

you need to go talk to the grandmother about it. The only way they will stop is if you become a bitch!

[michaelpath]

shoot them under the guise of 'trespassing'.

[roses_rejoice]

yeah, if you've tried talking to the neighbors and they aren't doing a damn thing and this goes on every day, i think calling the cops should get your point across nicely.

[aventurine]

what do you think i should say to the police, though? it sounds equally bad either way: "there are strange children i don't know in my yard, please come make them leave because i don't want to tell them myself!" or "i know these kids and they stalk me all the time!"

[roses_rejoice]

tell the coppers there's just a general pattern of noise, trespass, harassment of you and your dogs, and so forth, and that you've talked to the responsible adults and they aren't doing anything about it. tell them you basically want the kids to leave you alone - no door knocking, no screaming, no running in the yard, no asking permission to come in your yard, etc.

[devolving]

the stupid shits that live next door to me do the same thing. they run into our yard and play with things and play on the swing set, etc. and they're loud. the only difference is that we've asked their parents to tell them they're not allowed here, but they either a) didn't tell them or b) did, and don't enforce it. it's ridiculous. we're getting a fence after this winter, though, so that better help.

[aventurine]

yeah.. i actually have a fence that borders their house, but it has a gate. the gate is always closed, but they just open it. my mom's considered putting a lock on it, but i don't think that would be effective because i'm sure they'd just walk around to the driveway, so the only thing that would do would be to force the mailman to walk an extra 200 feet a day.