Is it time for school to start again yet?

[Minnie824]

Not for my kids...for all of our annoying neighbors!! I love having my kids home, they're still young anyway, even though I don't get a summer vacation, its great going out and doing stuff with them. Our neighbors are so annoying though. None of the people on our block (and I'm not exaggerating...literally none of them) watch their kids! They all just run around wild all day, all night, all weekend. Kids ages 3-14. And theyre not just playing normal stuff, like tennis, tag, whatever. They're sneaking around thru everyones yards, coloring on everyones driveways with chalk. My kids colored on ours today, they figured they'd add on. They just sit in anyones yards, swing sticks at everyones flowers, ride their bikes thru the grass, over the sprinkler systems, while their parents sit around drinking. It is SO annoying! We take our kids out and spend time with them, not ditch them and let them run wild. When I was younger, we would never ever just hang out in someones yard, unless it was our own. We hated to even go in someones yard to get a ball if it accidentally wen there. Ok, sorry, had to vent. Its gonna be a long summer!

 

[mum4jenn]

What a nightmare!!!


Our schools start back August 4th but most of the kids in our neighborhood are babies at the moment. My dd starts 3rd grade this year and she is so excited because she will be at my school!!

 

[Stacerita]

Thank goodness I live in a cul-de-sac and there are no kids other than the sweetpea. There are some on the street, but not on mine. So we dont get probs like that usually. Good luck.

 

[chris1gill]

My kids are the only kids on our street... they have to invite friends over in order to see anyone their age... I think I'd rather have the kids running wild than no children at all My poor kids only have eachother to play with!!!

 

[cheerbop]

Not for my kids...for all of our annoying neighbors!! I love having my kids home, they're still young anyway, even though I don't get a summer vacation, its great going out and doing stuff with them. Our neighbors are so annoying though. None of the people on our block (and I'm not exaggerating...literally none of them) watch their kids! They all just run around wild all day, all night, all weekend. Kids ages 3-14. And theyre not just playing normal stuff, like tennis, tag, whatever. They're sneaking around thru everyones yards, coloring on everyones driveways with chalk. My kids colored on ours today, they figured they'd add on. They just sit in anyones yards, swing sticks at everyones flowers, ride their bikes thru the grass, over the sprinkler systems, while their parents sit around drinking. It is SO annoying! We take our kids out and spend time with them, not ditch them and let them run wild. When I was younger, we would never ever just hang out in someones yard, unless it was our own. We hated to even go in someones yard to get a ball if it accidentally wen there. Ok, sorry, had to vent. Its gonna be a long summer!

Do you live by me...this is EXACTLY how our neighborhood is! UGHHHHH!
It drives us so crazy all year round that we have considered moving.
All the kids on our street are mostly younger than my oldest, except the ones his age are all girls! There are 12 girls and only 3 boys-2 of which are mine!

We ALSO live in at the end of a cul de sac like one poster, but all the kids from the whole street will come hang out down here in front of our homes. What a pain! The kids are soooo loud that sometimes I can not get my youngest to nap...and BOY does he get cranky when he has no nap!

 

[amid chaos]

We have 42 school age children in our neighborhood and have no real problems. I love summer when they are all out. the last day of school is today!!!

 

[EthansMom]

Most of the kids in our neighborhood are younger (10 or less) and are good kids, so no problems. Our problem is the teenager who lives down the block and driives through the neighborhood going 45 mph -- slow down!!!!!

 

[Desnik]

What's that saying, big fences make good neighbors!!LOL
I don't have that bad of a problem. There are a few, maybe 3-4 kids whose parents do not watch them, they can't be older than 9. They cut through all our yards, run through the street. I get so nervous for them. My big problem is my next door neighbor who lets his cats run all over. They use my flower beds as their litter box!! They stink up my yard. In the nice weather I can't even open my windows because of the cat smell!!!
We do have a leash law, even for cats. He has 4 and only 1 goes on a leash. They even killed a bird in my yard the other day and I rang his bell and made him pick it up!

 

[munchkin bunchkin]

My girls are still in school (last day is Fri.) I feel bad for you having to deal with this -That's what I love about livin' in the"country"!

 

[barkley]

this was a contributing factor to our decision to sell our home. we figured if the neighbors let the kids run wild (and unsupervised) from age 3 up it was only going to get worse when they got older. we had way to many kids in our neighborhood whose parents commuted such that they were unsupervised from 6 or 7 in the morning until the same time at night. and sadly, the ones with 3 and 4 years old-once they picked them up from daycare and got them home, they were running around unsupervised until 9 or 10 at night!

our neighborhood had fenced back yards but that did'nt keep the kids from trying to get into people's back yards or messing up their fronts.

 

[Iott Family]

I am a SAHM and my kids are not allowed out unsupervised but the other kids in the neighborhood must be raising themselves! You rarely see a parent unless you knock on a door to address why their kid is vandalizing, bullying or attempting to cause bodily harm to your kid. I swear its awful! Im sooo ready to move. If only we could BUT we have only been here 3 years and about every street has 1 house in foreclosure and 2/4 houses for sale. What is really sad is that at the price point we bought into we NEVER thought we would be dealing with THIS! We thought we were buying ourselves into a decent neighborhood. UGHHHHHHH!

 

[golfgal]

I am glad we don't have any of these problems in our neighborhood. We have 100's of kids in the extended neighborhood and no issues like these. Kids are out playing all day, even unsupervised, but most are school aged kids and old enough to play outside without a parent there. Maybe it helps that we have sidewalks for the kids to bike on but they aren't riding bikes in people's yards or damaging other people's property.

We are in a town where kids leave the house in the morning, hook up with their buddies, play all day, if the gang happens to be in your yard at lunch time you feed them. Everyone goes home for dinner then they are back out playing until bedtime--after dark so they can play games like Ghosts in the Graveyard, etc. It is GREAT for the kids to be able to enjoy life like this.

 

[disneyjunkie]

My kids are the only kids on our street... they have to invite friends over in order to see anyone their age... I think I'd rather have the kids running wild than no children at all My poor kids only have eachother to play with!!!

ITA

Other than swinging at the flowers, I don't think what the kids are doing is that bad.

 

[Minnie824]

ITA

Other than swinging at the flowers, I don't think what the kids are doing is that bad.

I just have a question on this, not trying to start a debate..so do you (this is for everyone, not just the quoted author) find its ok for kids to run around other peoples propertery, playing on their property, in their yards, driveways, etc, when they're not invited? I would NEVER let me kids just go to someone elses house, play in their yards, on their swingsets, draw on their driveways when they're not invited, and not welcome.

 

[cheerbop]

I just have a question on this, not trying to start a debate..so do you (this is for everyone, not just the quoted author) find its ok for kids to run around other peoples propertery, playing on their property, in their yards, driveways, etc, when they're not invited? I would NEVER let me kids just go to someone elses house, play in their yards, on their swingsets, draw on their driveways when they're not invited, and not welcome.

Totally agree with you.

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

I just have a question on this, not trying to start a debate..so do you (this is for everyone, not just the quoted author) find its ok for kids to run around other peoples propertery, playing on their property, in their yards, driveways, etc, when they're not invited? I would NEVER let me kids just go to someone elses house, play in their yards, on their swingsets, draw on their driveways when they're not invited, and not welcome.

The childrens should be taught about respecting people's needs and their property. When do you suddenly tell them it's unacceptable to 'wander' whereever you like. They should be told from an age when they understand. I'm heavily into respecting others and their wishes and my children have been brought up that way too. There are too many lazy parents out there.

 

[disneyjunkie]

I just have a question on this, not trying to start a debate..so do you (this is for everyone, not just the quoted author) find its ok for kids to run around other peoples propertery, playing on their property, in their yards, driveways, etc, when they're not invited? I would NEVER let me kids just go to someone elses house, play in their yards, on their swingsets, draw on their driveways when they're not invited, and not welcome.

To be honest, it would only bother me if I didn't have children.

As a parent, I figure all the kids on the block would play together. I think it's normal to roam from one yard (or in my case stoop ) to the next.

One day you play in John's yard, one day in Sally's...

This is what I did each summer as a kid. Parents never invited kids over to play. All the kids just went out and played together.

Of course it's never ok to destroy someone's property.

If your kids don't play with the other children in the neighborhood, then I think your house should be off limits.

 

[cheerbop]

I understand what you are saying about roaming from one yard to another, but the OP (and myself) are talking about what the other children are doing when yours are NOT outside playing with them.
That is a totally different situation.

But, I must say, even if mine are outside, I never condone mine or others riding their bikes or motorized toys through other people's yards, landscaping, etc. OR playing on others' playsets, toys, etc when the owner is not outside on them.
JMHO...

 

[Tigger&Belle]

We are lucky enough to have oodles of kids in our small neighborhood, but no problems like you have in yours. The older kids (middle and early high school) are out for hours, but they are playing football, basketball, etc. Sometimes they "hang out", but they aren't up to anything bad. The elem school are also out a lot. The younger kids usually have adults watching them and/or they stay in their own yard. We've had a few issues with one family, but that's about it. I much prefer this to the lack of kids at our last neighborhood.

The kids do go from yard to yard to play, but only in the yards of the kids in the group that day. At least that's what I've noticed.

 

[newholidayx2]

Heck no! At least I hope not!
Our schools havent even gotten out yet! The surrounding towns have been out a few days. I think ours is the last one to get out. Our kids are out on Thursday. Actually DS goes for his Recognition Ceremony (8th grade graduation) and then that grade is dismissed.