Off Topic: Next Door Neighbor Not Watching Their Kid Outside

[Live and Learn]

Good fences make good neighbors! ::

You are going to need to speak directly to both parents.

Nip it in the bud and then build a fence.

[jen2651]

Oh my lord, in your garage?! That is too far! I hate it when people pull up too far in my driveway?!

[Symphony]

How has it been OP? Any update?

[cheerfuldom]

I'd like an update! honestly if the parents are this blatant, I would straight out tell them to stay off my property or I will be calling both CPS and the police. You can't know for sure what they will be up to when you aren't home and its not right that you can't even leave a single thing outside for fear it will be stolen or broken before you return. I feel sorry for all your neighbors and the their pets!

We had a neighbor like this (complete with kiddo running around half dressed) and it ended up being a cultural thing. The family was not used to the fact that there would not be neighbors watching other peoples kids and that sort of thing. They ended up being really nice, just sort of clueless. We set some limits on our (unfenced) backyard and ended up being really good friends.

[elle73]

Update about neighbours daughter

Well it looks like the parents finally got the hint that I don't want their daughter hanging out in my yard and garage and that I don't want to watch her all the time when I'm outside. I basically just started sending her home everytime she came over even if I was inside the house and saw her in our yard I would tell her to go home and I found out all my other neighbours were doing that as well. Her parents would wait outside til she found someone to play with and then they would go inside the house and not come out so as soon as I saw her walking over I would tell her to go home and my husband started telling her very loudly not to walk through our flower garden and pick our flowers as well. Now her parents tell her to stay in her yard and not run off.

I found out tonight too that the dad left his daughter with the dcm that lives behind me and she told her to go home and about 1/2 later the dad was at her door asking where his daughter was, when she said she sent her home he got mad at her and left, she was fine she was running around outside.

So hopefully we won't have anymore problems with her!!!