General Discussion & Chat: Neighbor kids on our lawn, 1 by Gemila

Gemila wrote:
Hi all,
I really appreciate your opinions. Our HOA only allows fences behind on the back part of the house. Last fall we finally got our fence up. The bike riding occurs mostly up and down our sidewalk and driveway then back to hers. The lil' powered jeep she rides across our lawn and and driveway. The parents are constantly in and out. The mom is the one who is more considerate of the two but the girl still doens't listen to her when she tells her to stay off. The dad lets her do what ever she wants. He keeps an eye on her but doesn't tell her not to. This little girl is the kind of kid that calls on mine when she has nobody to play with. As soon as another kid comes over she ignores them. This really bugs me so I try to keep my kids in the backyard. There have been a couple of times where I've seen her purposely trying to chase my kids (ages 5, 3.5 & 21 mo.) with her lil' power wheels jeep. I've made sure to talk loudly so her parents hear me when I tell them to get out of the way. The mom tries to be nice by telling her not to do that but of course the kid doesn't listen. Only once did she take the jeep away.

Although it really bothers DH, I know he'd never call the cops.
We do want to keep peace with our neighbors and otherwise all is fine. My Aunt had and my parents have a neighbor from hell so I know what thats like. I guess I was just venting a bit. Again, the part that most bothers me is when she tries to run my kids over w/ it but I also get tired of my DH's rants and complaints. We're definately trying to teach our kids to respect our neighbors but seems these days less parents are doing it. I remember when we had to call all adults by Mr. or Mrs. We've tried to instill that in our kids too but its getting hard when others want them to call them by their first name. It sure confuses the kids.
Thanks again,
Gemila

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