Kids Throwing Rocks

**Tasha405** · 09-11-2003, 05:42 AM

Every morning I hear rocks hitting my house. I'm so sick of it and today just wasn't a good day for them to start throwing them again. I was sitting there watching the news and all of a sudden I hear BAM! Well up out of the chair I went, put on my shoes and went outside. There were some little girls in my driveway loading their backpacks down with rocks to fight off the boys. One even said for Chris to stop throwing them at her. Umm hello, Chris is my kid!

I walked around the corner of my house and there stood about 10 - 15 kids looking my way. I lost it. I told them that the next time I heard a rock hit my house that I was gonna come down there and bust some @ss! I also told my son that he better not be throwing rocks at anyone and that we will talk about it when he gets home. Well of course he got all smart with me for saying something like that to him and his friends. OH WELL! He better get over it. He is 12 yrs old and knows not to throw rocks at people or toward thier homes or cars.

I know what I said to the kids was harsh and probably out of line but I'm so sick of hearing this everyday. I have a 2 yr old that sleeps at the end of the house by the a window(oldest son also sleeps in there), they throw the rocks from that end. Now far from his window is the window to the babys room. I'm so scared they are gonna bust a window and hurt one of my kids.

The kids that are throwing the rocks are like 6 to 14 yr olds. Either way they should all know better. I know I should have watched my language but I was just so angry at the time.

Ugh, this is not how I wanted to start off my day. I had a bad night and today doesn't seem like its going to be any better.

If you've made it this far, thanks for reading.

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**Quaker_Parrots** · 09-11-2003, 05:54 AM

{{{{{{{{{{{{Tasha}}}}}}}}}}}}} Think it is time to be talking to some parents.(If you can find who they are.)

**DivineMsDi** · 09-11-2003, 07:06 AM

Tasha, you did the right thing. Sometimes all kids understand is a little shouting..maybe it embarassed your son enough to stop.

When we owned our house, we had a kid across the road who used to chuck berries or hit berries with a bat over to our front door and front window. I got fed up and finally walked up to his fence and said to him "STOP HITTING THINGS AT MY HOUSE." He got embarassed he was caught out and stopped.

Once we had our windows smashed while my husband and I were at work. The jerk across the road (dad of lamebrain) was always piling junk outside near the house and that included a bunch of rocks. Someone broke our front windows in daylight. We found out when we got home from visiting my sister and her new baby in the hospital. I was also a few weeks pregnant with my son (I found out later). I was so upset, I could have miscarried...when I think about that I am seathing with anger.. If any of the mothers or dads complain about what you said, say will you like it when I come to you when my 2 year old gets his/her head split open by a rock?

Sorry, don't want to jump on your thread...I just hate stupid meaness in people, even kids know better...good luck.

**cch** · 09-11-2003, 08:34 AM

(((Tasha))) I think you were probably a lot nicer than I would have been because I'd have had my son by the ear dragging him into the yard to start picking those rocks up.

**zitra** · 09-11-2003, 08:36 AM

I agree, that you did the right thing, but you might want to be waiting for "angry parents", becuase you never know what might make somone go "off"...
we used to have these neighbors (they moved thank goodness!) who had 2 boys, who were at the time about 8 & 10. They would ride by the house (on bikes) and call my kids names, chased him with sticks one day that he was walking home from school (they weren't too bright, i was about 1/2 block behind him walkign with my younger son)I went to their house, and spoke to their mother, who apologized. The next day thye ewreoutide throwing things at my son while he rode his bike, and spittign chewed up candy at him, calling him curse words. My hubby and I told him to not ride by their house, and just basically stay away from and ignore them when at all possible.
Later on the same day the spitting occured, hubby was driving hom from the store, and these 2 boys were sitting on the corner (diagonally across from their house) spraying cars with water guns as they drove by. My hubby had, had it by then, and yelled out the window that if they sprayed his car again, or bullied our son again he would "kick their asses himself".
About 10 min. later their dad was barrelign into our yard, trying to attack my husband (in frm of bot his children and ours), screaming, and yelling. My husband was standing on our porch which on the side has a metal railing..he was trying to hop over the metal railing, while swining at my hubby..my husband at first started to say "I am sory I should not have said what I did but i was very upset"..then he started cursign and swearing, so my hubby came in and shut the door. This guy is still outside banging and yelling, I open the door and tell him to leave, he just keeps saying "your husband is an *******"...(really nice did not liek what was said to his kids but had no qualms with swearing in front h=of his and my children). I finally called the police, becuase he would not leave, and just kept screaming. His wife was screamign as well saying she was goign to call the police and have my hubby arrested for harassing HER kids!! Finally the police came, and told her to keep her kids away from mine, and told my hubby he should not have said what he did, huby told him, he was sorry and knew he shouldn't have as soon as it came out.
Basically we were just told to keep our kids from theirs, and their from ours....but you never know if one of the kids tell the parents, they might "flip out" like my neighbor did..hope you don't get a nut like we did!!

**tiffany21** · 09-11-2003, 08:47 AM

I say it is time to go talk to parents and let them know what is going on. and let them know if a window gets broken they will all be responsiable for geting it fixed.

**Tasha405** · 09-11-2003, 09:29 AM

Thanks everyone. Yeah I'm sure some of the kids will go running home to tell their moms & dads, so I'm expecting some parents show up this evening. In a way I hope they do, that way I can let them know what their kids are doing. I hope I don't get some kind of crazy parent though because I couldn't fight them right now, I'm due to have a baby in less than 2 weeks. lol

**mimi37** · 09-11-2003, 09:38 PM

If they were throwing rocks at my house every day, I'd be calling the police. Most of the time it does no good to go to a kid's parents and tell them what is going on. The parent will tell them to stop. But as soon as they are out of sight, they'll be doing it again.

**Duo** · 09-11-2003, 09:48 PM

Kids have no d@@m respect anymore abouttime some parents started busting butts

It is out of control here being from Australia now living here there is no respect or displine.

If i had kids they would get a butt busting and sent to thier rooms! I think i best stop here before i start a war.

Peter

**Gitty** · 09-11-2003, 09:54 PM

Most likely these kids will not tell their parents, because if they tell on you for cursing then their parents will want to know why. And the kids don't want to get it trouble for throwing rocks. If it happens again, just call the police and let them handle it. Also if you are really worried about a window getting broke, you can put laminate on it. That way if it does break it stays glued to the laminate and you won't have chards everywhere. If you can't find laminate, you can use clear contact paper. Good Luck

**GeThang** · 09-11-2003, 11:34 PM

Gooo Tasha! You go girl.

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