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Love thy neighbor ? how should i resolve this row over my 5 year old ? |
today as we came out of our house some neighbors kids (6 and 7 yearolds ) were playing on our 5 year old sons bike, they didnt see us when one of them pushed it downhill , it went fast and crashed buckling the wheel scratching the framework breaking the break and mudgaurd , my sons face dropped !!! i told the kids never to touch his bike again !!! his mum appeared and i explained what he had done and showed her the damage , ..... silence came for a long 30 or 40 seconds , "what do you want me to do about it " she said " the bike has been like that for months !!!"all the kids play on it !!"" she was getting irate , i said the least you can do is get it fixed , "no way "she almost shouted, that bike has been like that for months" as she walked away .... the bike is 1 year old and has its scars yes , but now its got permanent scars , should i pay for what her kid did ? should i speak to her again and cause an argument where i cant win and she walks away ? From experience you might just want to drop it and fix what needs to be fixed and make sure the older boys stay away from your son's stuff. The problem is you can't be there all the time (nor would your son want you to be) so you don't know what goes on all the time. Your son may LIKE the attention sometimes but because he is younger he can't control the direction it goes in. You should try to maintain a civil relationship with the annoying woman if you plan to live there a long time. Don't make it a neighborhood feud. That only hurts your son. Kids fight. That's a given. The older boys should be aware that destroying property is not allowed and that they have to ask permission from you son to play with his toys though it sounds like they shouldn't be allowed to do even that. Remember YOU seem to be the only adult in this situation. Try to stay that way. Chalk the incident up to experience and try to keep a better eye on the bullies so they don't try to take advantage of your son again. Source(s): Happened to me 25 years ago. Take her to small claims court. She was not supervising her children properly and she is responsible for the damage. I would try talking to her again calmly. Explain that you watched what happened and the damage that he kids did is not the same as the few scratches that were on it previously. All you can do is try. If she doesn't fix it then you'll have to. Put you sons things away from now on and this won't happen again. You have to decided if the cost of the bike is worth the cost of a relationship with your nieghbor. And invest in a good bike lock. This is a really tough situation, honestly you might just have to bite the bullet on this one. If she is being so unreasonable that she won't even talk about it, odds are she isn't going to help you out financially. If nothing else teach your son a lesson from it about how it feels to have something broken by someone else, he will most likely grow up with the knowledge to take care of other peoples belongings. Sorry this happened and sorry I can't offer better advice on it. If she wants to stay with the story that her kids didn't do it I guess all you can do is have your son's bike fixed yourself. In the future I think I would not leave his things outside. |
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