They went into my other neighbours garden and turned on their hose. The hose was flying about in all directions spraying water.
A load of water went through my open window and hit my £300 dyson fan. Thank goodness it still works but I am fuming 
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Call the landlord
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Yeah my neighbours whose hose it was is gonna deal with it all. She is annoyed too - her garden is totally soaked.
The little kids shouldn’t have been left unsupervised. This could have caused huge financial loss - I have loads of high end electronics
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Glad it wasn’t worse!
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I mean I feel for the parents. It must be hard to cope with the whole family during lockdown but this could have been terrible
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Take a dump on their garden. Pay backs a ■■■■■
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Lol that is funny!
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I don’t. Supervise your damn kids.
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True dat. 1515151515
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Look, I’m responsible for half of my kid’s genetics. You bet your sweet bippy I kept an eye on her when she was young. The last thing I needed was for my genetics expressing themselves around someone else’s expensive property.
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Is this a thing in the UK, that kids aren’t left unsupervised? I mean I know it is a thing in the US. It’s cultural, I guess. Kids are left unsupervised most of the time here when they play outside. And they are encouraged to be outside as much as possible.
Of course it’s the parents’ responsibility anyway, I’m just curious.
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You’re right, it’s definitely a thing in the US. My neighbor called CPS on us for our kids playing in the front yard.
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In Canada it depends on the age. Older kids are left unsupervised for longer periods. At seven I kept an eye on my daughter. At ten she was allowed to roam a bit as long as she continued to demonstrate good behavior.
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When I grew up, we were left unsupervised from as early as I can remember. From 6, if not before, there were never any grown ups around when we played outside. I used to go to a mountain nearby when I felt like it, but then I’d have to bring a friend because they didn’t want me to go alone. Of course it helps when there aren’t any dangerous animals around and hardly any crime, but I see young kids playing mostly unsupervised here in the city as well.
I learned from a professor that things aren’t like this in many other places. She was shocked when she came here and saw all the children playing unsupervised. It’s very interesting to hear about these differences. But I also understand that things are more complicated in other countries.
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I was left unsupervised as long as I can remember. I however grew up in the rural south where there was not much to do other than play in the creek all day. I think it varies a lot depending on which culture you are talking about in the US
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Playing outside unsupervised as a kid used to be the norm in the US as well in the somewhat distant past, at least it was when I was a kid. We always played outside and often nowhere near home or where our parents could see us.
I think that things started to change when child abductions started to increase. Parents no longer felt that their children were safe outside without supervision.
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At 9 on I was unsupervised. Admittedly, me and my friends would do a little harmless mischief. And as we got older, I was outside more than I was home and we started smoking pot and our mischief got a little more serious. We were basically good kids though but I believe a lot of kids if you give them a long leash will occasionally get into trouble. The thing is that the parents really don’t know a lot of times what their kids are into. There’s a lot of temptation and a lot of peer pressure out there and being young and having a little freedom leads to kids doing things that their parents would never imagine.
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These kids were like 3 and 4 years old. They had no business playing with someone else’s hose in someone else’s garden. Their parents should have impressed that upon.
I am all for kids playing unsupervised but only when they have a sense of boundary
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I understand your anger, but kids are kids and don’t have the best judgement and decision making skills. You’re right, it’s mostly the parents fault, more than the kids fault.
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We were left unsupervised as kids but this was during the 60’s and 70’s.
It was a different time back then.
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