Jon my sentiments exactly, a 3 yr old out at 9:30 and
@ian I told them but the predicament is, you are telling the older to kids stop and to move on, these same kids are playing with my neighbors 3 yr old son and he might be sttod at the time bang in the middle of them........... This is were the I'm thinking the Dad is doing it on the Q.T. His son has the right TO PLAY on his front, granted and who the fcuk am I to tell him but as I've already explained to the Dad, I've no problem with him and his soft ball I'm not stopping him I'm just fed up of the older kids been there. So this has me thinking is a kind of clever way the Dad knows exactly what gets on my wick/winds me up
I think he thinks is;-
I keep my son out, older kids stay, older kids not my problem, why shoulds I stop them ?, I can't stop his son from playing as it's outside my property.
So when I go out and say in front of the Dad who's always there which I've done a few times this week, "Look move on hey go and play elsewhere" the little one's amongst them so he takes the knock as though I'm telling the 3yr old. 10 minutes later there all back at it which leads me to think the Dad is as bad as the kids. I know if it was me I would move the kids further away from the cars or warn them and in at a decent time , he doesn't.
I hate kids and parents confrontations, I never let parents and kids arguments mix because five minutes after your going toe to toe with the other kids parents the kids are back as best buddy friends and your like WTF !!??
Every parent on the planet has been there so I try not to fall out with parents but I'm beginning to think that, because he's always outside watching over his son the noise and ball appears and gangs of older kids start off he doesn't do a tap he plays along. I'm beginning to think the Dads just as bad as the kids and me going out has fueled him to allow them to do as they please.
If they all gather later on today then I think it's time to bring it to a halt. Whether the neighbor takes the knock I truly don't give a flying fcuk.