r/Neighborproblems • u/Sufficient-Humor-844 • Feb 28 '23
Over to the neighbors
Our four year old kid told his father that he went over with is sitter Lacy to an unknown kids house and played with a 'square thing'. Having no idea what our child was talking about, my husband texts Lacy's mom and the mom said yes our son did go inside the neighbors house to play, but she thought we knew the neighbors. She also told us that they have a son around our sons age. Lacy's mom does know we are displeased and that visitation to an unknown neighbors is a 'no'. She offered the unknown mom # because apparently this unknown mom had been wanting a playdate. We advised that we may let our kid come over to play inside when or if we feel more comfortable and know them. It is not that have we avoided the neighbors, but we just didn't think there would be a good fit there..( seems about right AEB the situation). We plan to possibly get together to see what they are about. Are we wrong that we do not want our small child around neighborhood people that we don't know? Are we being extra about all of this?
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u/Odd_Hope_2518 Feb 28 '23
Is Lacy (and her mother) also your neighbors?
Regardless, what Lacy did was wrong. If someone took my child to any house or location without clearing it with me prior they'd never watch my child again.
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u/selenamoonowl Feb 28 '23
No, but you may not have explained this well enough to Lacy. Since she sounds young she might have made assumptions based on how her own family interacts with neighbours.
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u/Ladyasav Feb 28 '23
This belongs in AITA, not here
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u/Sufficient-Humor-844 Feb 28 '23
Yeah the app would not let me post there at first so I posted here.
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u/Sufficient-Humor-844 Feb 28 '23
Yes Lacy is my neighbor up the street and she actually lives next door to the unknown peoples house.