(Clicky) Do you let your kids play in neighbors yards?

Temp13436125005166 · December 2010

Lets say your neighbors aren't home and you're playing outside with your kids. Do you let your kids play in your neighbors driveway / front yard?[Poll]

ditzydi_2000 · December 2010

I put other because DS isn't old enough to play in the yard yet but when he does get big enough we will try and keep him out of the neighbor's yard because 1) we've got a backyard and can contain him a little easier 2) our neighbors let their dog do it's business in their yard and in between our house so I don't want him stepping in any of the dog poo bombs.

fjaril · December 2010

I went with other.

At our old house, we were close with the neighbours and it wasn't a problem at all. H would play in the yard btwn the houses more than the driveway though so not sure if that helps.

a lot of kids in our old hood played in driveways though.

clynn58 · December 2010

I voted no because you never know when they are going to be coming home/pulling in the driveway and not paying attention.

MrsBeckO · December 2010

Nope. And it drives. me. crazy. to look out our front window and see the cul-de-sac kids playing in our yard/driveway. It doesn't bother me if they are toward the end of the driveway or in the yard near the street, but actually up in my yard/driveway? I don't like it. There's no reason for it. I feel like their parents should teach them to be respectful of people's space and not play so close to the house if we aren't outside ourselves. That's what I was taught and will try to teach Cam. [yeah, yeah.. Bah humbug, I know.]

2H2L · December 2010

Ditto mrsbecko. Drives me up the wall. I erased my rant. It's about respect and kids (or parents) should ask permission/if neighbors mind. Eta: it's also about liability for any injuries.

jakbtx · December 2010

i wrote yes because we know almost all of our neighbors well, there are 25 kids under age 10 on our street and everyone is OK with everyone playing in ea other's yards (at least the neighbors w/kids and even some that don't!!). if i don't already know a neighbor well, then no.

eta: yards, yes bc there is a general agreement in the yards they do play in. driveways, no!

libbyann · December 2010

Ditto Becko, but especially for safety reasons. The other day I got in the car, opened the garage door and started backing out. I was looking, but our driveway slopes down and I couldn't see that there was a kid playing with a toy on the ground toward the end of our driveway. Thank GOD our neighbor came running or I totally would have hit her. I talked with neighbor about how uncomfortable that made me and how we didn't want the kids to play in our driveway anymore and she was very apologetic and understanding.

bobcatsteph · December 2010

We don't let her play in the neighbors yard but we spend quite a bit of time picking her up and removing her from the neighbors yard/front porch..I guess it's much more exciting to be over there.

GuavaGal · December 2010

MrsBeckO:
Nope. And it drives. me. crazy. to look out our front window and see the cul-de-sac kids playing in our yard/driveway. It doesn't bother me if they are toward the end of the driveway or in the yard near the street, but actually up in my yard/driveway? I don't like it. There's no reason for it. I feel like their parents should teach them to be respectful of people's space and not play so close to the house if we aren't outside ourselves. That's what I was taught and will try to teach Cam. [yeah, yeah.. Bah humbug, I know.]

Yes

In my old neighborhood, a group of little kids (around 3 or 4yrs) to elementary-school aged kids (9 or 10yrs) would play in my driveway. More than once, I had to honk at them before I could pull into my own driveway/garage. (Yes, they saw me waiting to pull in and returned to playing.) They also enjoyed riding their bikes across/through my yard, leaving bike tracks and killing the grass.

The kids were from 3 or 4 different families. Only one set of parents actually did anything about their kids wrecking the yard/chalking up the driveway (and sidewalk), though. One of the top five reasons for moving out of that neighborhood.

However, if kids are respectful of my property and my need to enter/exit my property, I wouldn't mind them playing in the driveway. In my current neighborhood, the kids seem to play in their own driveways. (They are mostly on the older side, 8 or 9 and up.)

TXAggieBride06 · December 2010

Ditto Becko and 2H2L. It's mostly a respect thing for me. I think parents are teaching less and less about respect these days and letting their kids do whatever they want. I would never let my kids play in a neighbors' yard without asking permission first...unless it was a permanent agreement we had made with our neighbor ahead of time that we didn't have to ask. We are friends with almost all of our neighbors in the cul-de-sac but there are always kids in our yard and no one has ever asked us if that's okay. Kids are also always leaving shoes/scooters/bikes, etc in our grass. It really bothers us but we don't know what to do about it. DH did go tell some kids the other day to leave our yard because they were almost stepping on our Christmas lights.

Temp13436125005166 · December 2010

Thanks guys, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels its disrespectful! I let the kids play in the neighbors side yard because we're friends and they don't mind but I don't like them in all the driverways, front yards of everyone else on our culdesac. But the other kids seem to do this all the time. And I was beginning to feel I was the only one bothered by it!

Libby - our driveway is the same way and I'm scared about that very thing!

HSartteach · December 2010

I voted other because I say yes, but only to 2 yards...we have 2 very close neighbors that wouldn't mind. Also, L would never be there without me or DH.

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