January 2014 Moms

Neighbor Kids Vent

We have been in our house for about a year and a half now. We didn't really start talking to our neighbors until a few months ago. Last week we took the kids out front to play in the hose. The neighborkids came over. I'm fine with this. Now for the past 3 days they have rang my doorbell at least 4 times asking if DD can come play. I tell them no it is too hot and they keep ringing the damn doorbell. It is at least 100 degrees outside. I took her outside for an hour to see if it would get them to stop coming to my door.

We went out and the one kid has to constantly touch DD. Hold her hand, hug her, pick her up. I tell him to stop and let her play, but he keeps doing it. I took my kids in. Half hour later they ring my doorbell.

Do I talk to the parents? It doesn't seem like they are too involved so I don't think it would help much. They can't keep ringing the bell though. It wakes up the kids, wakes up DH and makes my dogs bark.

I really just needed to vent. Thanks ladies.

Re: Neighbor Kids Vent

  • @danaadell Those are awesome. I'm going to print something out when the kids go to sleep.

  • I think our neighbors must have moved to your neighborhood! Lol, but not really funny!

    Seriously though I would suggest trying to talk to the parents first. I wish I would have done that right away. Our old neighbors sent their kids out all the time and never had supervision for them. The 5 and 6 yr old were constantly I'm everyone's garages and playing with their toys. It drove me nuts! Looking back from the get go I would have gone over to introduce myself and say, "maddie is more than welcome to come play with us if someone wants to come out and watch her." Towards the end we kept telling her that we weren't playing with friends right now because she wouldn't play nice with our kids.

    Good luck!


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  • @mommy grams‌ OMG! That's exactly how these kids are! The youngest is 4 and the oldest is around 10 or 12. DD is 1 so they aren't even close in age. If we open the garage door one tries to dig through our stuff. He constantly asks if he can have stuff. "Can I have this pocket knife" What?! No put it down.

    Once in awhile the uncle will "supervise", but not really.
  • edited July 2014
    It's so hard to not get annoyed with the kids... It's not their fault but man after a while it's just ridiculous!

    This family had 7 kids with another on the way...and the oldest 3 always had to either come outside to get the other 2 younger ones or stay outside with the younger 2 and the "baby" who was a few months younger than my 2 yr old. I felt bad for the older ones that had to go take care of maddie. She would wander down to other yards and start jumping on people's trampolines! It just amazed me how they let her go wherever. We live in a small town and have our own little neighborhood because of the townhouses but still, you never know what can happen these days! I'd be out with my kids all afternoon and they never poked their head out once to check on her.

    Eta: until the week they moved I didn't know anyone's name but maddie's, then I learned 2 other names. Everyone knew maddie bc she was into everyone's things !


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  • I would talk to the parents. Even though it is crazy to me that they would just let the kids hang out outside all day alone, they may have no idea that they are bothering neighbors this way. Before Abby was born, our neighbor would ring the doorbell and want to play with my dog. Then she started bring friends over after the one time I said yes. Finally dh said something to the mom and she had no idea she was coming over our house. She talked to her and she finally stopped. Imagine if the kid got hurt while they were with you, the parents could go nuts! If saying something to the parents doesn't work or you don't feel comfortable then maybe you could just tell the kids that you will bring LO outside when she can play otherwise tell them not to come by because she is probably sleeping.

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  • I am sorry you are dealing with this.  This post makes me even more grateful that I have such amazing neighbors!  I would try talking with the parents and let them know your concerns.  If that doesnt work, honestly, I would just take the battery out of the doorbell and start ignoring them, but I can be a bitch like that sometimes.  :)




  • I love that sign. I have one similar on DS's nursery door so DD knows if she can come in or not.

  • I'm going to try to talk to them today and if it doesn't work I'll have my step dad come unhook the doorbell. DH and I talked about this morning and both think its weird that its always one of the older boys that wants her to play and that he can't keep his hands off her. DH doesn't like it so we are going to tell them if we can play we will cone out and that its not ok to constantly ring our doorbell
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