They've clearly been given the ole summer time boot, and I'm currently sitting on a goldmine of popsicles. If I hook them up, I'll look like the neighborhood predator, OR they'll be back all the time looking for sweet treats I can't afford. Or worse....trying to get inside my place to enjoy the AC and watch TV or something.

It sucks....parents don't want to let their kids out to play for fear of predators...but when parents are rational enough to let their kids out to play, us adults don't want to interact with their children for fear of being perceived as predators or being held liable for some injury they get.

I've got a gazillion types of balls on hand, and I could teach these kids any game (besides tag...they've mastered the hell out of tag)...but instead, I gotta sit inside and watch while they just sit outside my door, doing nothing.

I'm tempted to introduce myself to the parents, but again, that's kinda weird. If anything, their parents should introduce themselves to me...establish some kind of relationship or something since I am, in fact, in the neighborhood. But I haven't heard anything...these kids are literally just sitting outside my door, and I nod at them while I go in and out and whatnot.

What's the deal? How do you guys handle this?

[Edited on June 25, 2012 at 8:02 PM. Reason : ?]

6/25/2012 8:00:35 PM

If you had been watching the news at all the past few years, you would know the proper way to handle this situation would be to invite them all inside, and have a preteen gangbang.

6/25/2012 8:02:20 PM

don't let um jizz in ur hair though. that's just gross.

6/25/2012 8:03:56 PM

Call me when the 16 year old girls starting hanging out

6/25/2012 8:04:30 PM

give them all candy that's laced with ecstasy

6/25/2012 8:11:25 PM

You're a woman, so you can actually get away with giving them popsicles without seeming like a creeper to most parents. In fact, they'll probably think "Hot damn. Maybe she'll babysit."

6/25/2012 8:14:44 PM

yeah, women can't be predators.

6/25/2012 8:18:43 PM

It feels like the only thing I can do is continue to ignore them. But I am going to accidentally leave out a bunch of different balls, and if they happen to get used without my permission, then so be it...

^^I hear ya, but one problem is that I don't want to babysit or be responsible for these 8 children in any way. I'm even paranoid about giving one of them a popsicle and finding out that they're randomly/bizarrely allergic to popsicles (LOL)...but seriously...

6/25/2012 8:51:54 PM

lol

I hated living in a neighborhood (and on a culdesac at that) because the kids would all play outside my house. They used my driveway as their goal whenever they played street hockey.

6/25/2012 9:00:28 PM

well, I was gonna say you could call Sandusky if you wanted to get rid of them, but that's off the table now

6/25/2012 9:02:12 PM

6/25/2012 9:23:53 PM

6/25/2012 9:57:57 PM

can you teach them the dance fight scenes from West Side Story?

6/26/2012 12:44:54 AM

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"Gang of 6'10" year-olds"

6/26/2012 12:46:34 AM

I am gonna take my pants off to read the rest of this thread.

I feel like it could get sexy any minute now.

6/26/2012 7:04:50 AM

You had me at "I've got a gazillion types of balls on hand."

6/26/2012 7:26:44 AM

give them a big bag of gum and they'll do whatever you want them to do

6/26/2012 7:34:54 AM

So you're creepin in your own house, staring out of your window at little kids?

6/26/2012 8:43:58 AM

it's not any fun 'til one of the kids chases your balls into the street

6/26/2012 8:56:05 AM

I'm telling the neighbors you want sex.

6/27/2012 2:26:30 AM

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"You're a woman, so you can actually get away with giving them popsicles without seeming like a creeper to most parents. In fact, they'll probably think "Hot damn. Maybe she'll babysit." "

This. Plus if you get to know your neighbors in the first place you don't have to worry about them thinking you're a creeper.

6/27/2012 12:33:53 PM

I don't understand the apprehension? As stated, you're female so you're not considered creepy until you actually do something creepy (which I doubt you will)

Be like, hey kids it's hot & I have a ton of Popsicles, you want? And eat one with them while you talk about what games you can teach them with your bazillion balls on hand.

This has the added benefit of being the cool neighbor who doesn't get fucked with when these kids come of age in a couple more years & start bashing mailboxes with a baseball bat.

Plus it sounds like you like kids & want to interact with them. Why not be a cool adult they know? You'll prob end up meeting the parents anyway bc they'll see you with their kid & want to know who you are.

6/27/2012 12:41:12 PM

We live on the corner where the school bus stops. All ages of kids are loitering and playing on my yard & driveway at all times of the morning and afternoon. And their parents depending on age. Sure will make our morning easier when the time comes

And for this situation, I say give them a Popsicle and be the nice neighbor. Granted I usually have a baby on my hip, but if I'm out in the yard I generally speak to the kids while they wait for the bus. Since then, one kid dropped by after school to see if we happened to have an air pump for his basketball. Which we did. Felt good to help him out.

[Edited on June 27, 2012 at 12:46 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2012 12:43:12 PM

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" This has the added benefit of being the cool neighbor who doesn't get fucked with when these kids come of age in a couple more years & start bashing mailboxes with a baseball bat."

LOL. This is actually the only up side I see to all this.

6/27/2012 12:43:54 PM

setup a popsicle stand and outsource the sales to them....give them a cut of the profit (in popsicles)

6/27/2012 1:22:55 PM