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post #1 of 8
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Anyways, only I am the mostly one who watching the kids outside all the time sometimes later when other parents bring their kids out they are watching them which is only about 2 of the other parents otherwise its just me .

So then I'm like hmm I'm the one whose trying to get them to not throw sand, rocks, get into parking lots, make sure kids don't make messes if they do they clean it up, make sure they don't litter and handling outbursts of tantrums for kids calling names ,throwing things because they aren't getting their way .

Well, I said lets make a compromise because C didn't want to share with T . C didn't want to compromise so T has a major fit that he started to throw the things of what he wasn't getting shared with which was a big trike that I don't know why older kids would want to ride a baby bike but they did want too & they were from my neighbors who have 2 yr old twins .

T was swinging that trike around hitting all the kids and throwing it at them and i was so afraid that the trike would accidentally swing into the sandbox and hit my son & his friends.

So since our kid area has been increasing with tempermental kids that have huge fits that are gradeschool wise . Some teenagers are getting attitudes and having some swearing due to their parents have quite a mouth of words .

These kids are out of control and even some teens even drink/smoke etc

So even that 6 yr old that had such a violent outbursts that he was throwing things that would hurt people/kids

So I spoke to the school counselor suggested to him that maybe he could end up helping suggest a way to get kids to handle emotions when they don't get their way because some of the kids that go to B's school will be also our neighbors kids that need to share toys if they are allowed to be used by other neighbors .

So he said yes I will go in and suggest some ways how they can do that etc

So if kids are older & not sharing again so in hopes to avoid a younger kid whose blowing up becoming a danger to others how should I end up acting if compromises don't work
post #2 of 8
Sidewalk chalk
Bubbles
Hula hoops (one per kid)

Maybe if they were more actively engaged they'd behave better.


Or... drive you kids to a different park and side step the issue altogether. You come home with your own tired kids and slip into the house for bathtime and stories. No need to deal with badly behaved neighbor kids at all.
post #3 of 8
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Originally Posted by philomom View Post
Or... drive you kids to a different park and side step the issue altogether. You come home with your own tired kids and slip into the house for bathtime and stories. No need to deal with badly behaved neighbor kids at all.
I agree with this. I don't deal w/ ill-behaved neighbor kids, I send them home or bring my kids inside.
post #4 of 8
It's one thing to be free daycare for kids who play well with occasional reminders, it's an entirely different thing to need to ask a child psychologist for playground management advice because they're that wild.

Tell the kids to shape up or you can't watch them. And if you aren't watching them they're unsupervised and you call the police to report neglected children.
post #5 of 8
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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan View Post
Tell the kids to shape up or you can't watch them. And if you aren't watching them they're unsupervised and you call the police to report neglected children.
It's not illegal or neglectful for grade school kids and teenagers to play in their own neighborhood unsupervised.

I second the suggestion to leave, go in your backyard or to a different park. You could also speak to their parents about their behavior.
Also, you just seem way too involved with these kids... they aren't your problem. Speak firmly when needed to keep your own kid safe ("Put that down now or I'm going to get your mom.") but otherwise, let the kids deal with their own issues. If they make a mess on your property, tell them to clean it up. You can even tell them they may not be on your property in the first place.
post #6 of 8
Thread Starter 
It's an apartment area and really option for the park is only in the afternoon/daytime otherwise it's apartment backyard and brendan has some good friends out there he likes to play with so I'm like I can't prevent him from Playing with his good friends but know the bad bullying type of kid is out i keep an eye . Even the grandma of other kids does too who lives up above my next door neighbor .
post #7 of 8
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It's not illegal or neglectful for grade school kids and teenagers to play in their own neighborhood unsupervised.
If they can play unsupervised. These kids don't seem to be able to. Plenty of kids come to my neighborhood park alone and don't fight or damage other people's property.
post #8 of 8
MommytoB, i think it's great that you want to be a mentor to these kids and teach them some better coping strategies for dealing. You might be the ~only~ positive role model in these kids lives.

I'm in the 'keep 'em busy' and give them appropriate games to play camp. Deflect, redirect, use humour, play 'everyone wins' type of games. Connect with them~~i've found that even the rowdy teen types will really tone it down around the little kids (on their own, without cueing) if they themselves feel respected and heard. Compromise doesnt always work (it usually means that someone has to give something up!), try to find win-win solutions where everyone gets what they want. It's not always easy, but if an adult stuggles to find a win-win, just imagine how difficult it is for a kid~~especially a kid who has poor coping skills in the first place!

Also, try the bullies to buddies website for ideas to victem-proof your kid.


We have some crazy-wild kids in our neighbourhood, and i've actually called the police/cps on them when they were being really really dangerous (ie. cornering kids in the playground and pummelling them with rocks), and the cops/cps did ~absolutely nothing~. They wouldnt even come out to talk to the kids. It took me a while to come to a place of acceptance that i was on my own with this, and that if i wanted to see a change, it was going to have to come from me. I want my neighbourhood to be a safe place for everyone, and it was worth it to me to invest my time and energy into mentoring these kids. It's not their fault that nobody else bothered to teach them how to deal, ykwim?
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