Step Talk

and my first thought was "where are their parents?" I know kids will sneak behind their parents backs and go out and do stupid stuff, BUT please..... 5 times????? That is just TOO much!!! have you spoken to their parents, not that they would care, but just wondering? Too bad they don't drive, then you could enact some real payback.....just kidding. So sorry for you!

Good lord. That just isnt right!! Once you do catch them redhanded. I would contact the authorities and have them go out to their homes and arrest them for vandalism. Perhaps then their parents will wake up and take notice of their HORRIBLE behavior.

What specific grudge do they have w/your Sd???

I'm wondering if they are picking on SD at school, too, or vice versa.

♥ Georgia ♥

"Good men don't just happen. They have to be created by us women." (from ROSEANNE)

that popped into my mind was if this happens on weekends that SD is not there, could she be one of the culprits?

I am sorry that your going through this stuff. We had a problem where I used to live with ex DH where the divorced dad across the street let his kid run wild when he came to visit & would let him shoot other peopls houses with a paint ball gun. The dumbass would sit there in the garage next to the future jail bird while he did it. I lived in a very nice new developement & this idiot's parents owned the house because he would not own anythig or even have a checking account so that his ex wife couldn't go after him for money.

We used to call him naked guy as he walked around naked & had no blinds. He was a piece of work. He NEVER had a girlfriend in the 9 years I lived next door to him... no big surprise there.

Lucky for me ( or not)naked guy liked me so my house never got hit. He did not like the woman directly across the street from me and they got it frequently.

Enough is enough already. If I had done that when I was a teen my mother would have beaten me into next month. I hope you catch the little weiners!

Find out where they live and phone the police - have them charged as a minor for vandalism. A good place to go is the school principal - explain you believe these two girls are doing such and such, you want their parents phoned and you want to press charges. People get scared after that. That will stop their bragging and give their parents a very strong message. I would have done that the first time in your situation. Before you do, take photos. Then...they can brag that they got sent to juvenile! yay! Have fun! I would do this for you if I lived near you...would give me some entertainment
~ Remember it's your life too ~

Did you make a police report, so that they have a record of how many times these girls have done this, before they get caught?

Early this morning one of SD's friends walked casually by a few times, seemingly looking for what should have been there had I not already cleaned it all up.

I was suspicious, but couldn't believe this girl (who's mom is a friend) would do that to us.

WRONG.

The friend as well as a few others showed up and asked for SD to go over to their house to use their "slip and slide" since it's so hot.

SD came home and sat down solemly on the couch.

"It wasn't puke on the yard it was mashed potatos." Then she went onto tell me that these girls are sneaking out easily from her friend's house two doors down. She also said that they plan on doing it again tonight. Only this time it's not a joke, it's to harass someone (like I thought was the intention of whoever did it to us.)

Now I'm in a quandary.

I recently told this mom about the sexual offender who's SD is a friend of our kids. I had asked the woman not to tell anyone I let her know, fearing retribution from a felon. The next day SD came in and said, "Friend told me that her mom said that YOU told her about the sexual offenders in the neighborhood" (posted about all of that with the whole Sexual offender series of posts.)

So how can I let this mom know her kid not only TP'd my house, but is planning this activity all summer, without SD getting caught in the middle?

Any suggestions?
I'm tempted to sit in my van and call or knock on the mom's door when the girls sneak off. But that could take all night.

"Om Tare Tutare Ture Mama Ayurpunye Jnana Putin Kuru Svaha"
~Sita Tara Mantra

high school boys (dressed scary in hoodies, etc) to stake it out. When the girls show, have them scare the holy crap out of them. Have the boys' parents in on it. If the boys are minors and it's on your property, you can have them be pretty freaky scary!

Have some boys stake out your yard and I would also inform your neighbors that this keeps happening to you and to let you know if they see anything suspicious including the kids you suspect. I think I would also make a point when telling these parents that it is costing you a lot of money and time to clean it up. Maybe, just maybe, they will talk to their kids (not knowing you think its them) and the parents can let them know how wrong it is and how they would feel if it happened to them. When I was in high school the kids who got TP'd were altheletes after a big win not just to be mean to someone.

While spending the night at a friends decided to sneak out of the house and egg another friend's parents car!!! We had the police call us. We grounded my ss for a very long time and he to this day is not allowed to spend the night out at friends homes. He permently lost that Privlidge.

Talk to the parents. They probably don't have a clue.

"GO BACK TO YOUR BRIDGE YOU EVIL TROLL. YOU HAVE NO POWERS HERE"

I'd be real tempted to splat the little $hits, Myself... Used to Be Parents'd use BB Guns or Rock Salt and Red Pepper in a 12 Gauge for Teen Vandals, but that's not legal anymore...Super Soakers filled with Noxious Liquids, like ammonia are Legal ...Bleach is Good,too, but it will kill Your Grass...

Getting Chased off the Property by a Bat/Golf Club/etc. Wielding Adult usually puts a Hellacious Scare into little punks too...as long as You tell the cops (and No Adult contradicts You) that You never crossed Your Property Line, is Perfectly Legal...let the little brats call a cop, they'll have to explain why They were out then, and what the TP was for, 'cause I Garuntee They Drop it and RUN LIKE H#ll when You come out the door...

i have Lots of other Legal/Grey Area solutions, if anybody wants more, just PM and ask...

Steve

Steve
Kids are the Best and Worst Things We can do to Ourselves. When We have nothing else worth living for, We'll go on, for Them, but Oh How We Miss Our Freedom...LOL

We called the police and made them aware of the TP'ing/ pool crashing plans. I read online you can request increased patrols, but frankly I don't think the cops give a hoot and doubt anyone checked it out. Another neighbor on our street got hit anyway and it rained. It wasn't the neighbor they told SD they were doing, at least. It seems it was another friend as a joke. I am thinking that they are testing SD's loyalty, seeing if she tells me everything and if I will call the friend's mom. THAT pisses me off. Since SD's leaving for CA I will let it slide. If it happens to us when she's gone then I am taking action though.

BUT my Polyanna self found a silver lining to this particular pain in the arse.

SD and I have been talking a ton. I think she feels bad that I had to clean up after her friends, she is upset that they are doing this stuff- sneaking out, making out with older boys at parties, and drinking. They invited her to join them the other night for more TP'ing and the pool crashing. At first she just asked me if she could spend the night at her friends. This is the friend I suspected because she took a stroll past my house at 9 am and seemed to be looking hard for any remnants of their accomplishment. BUT since her mom likes us and she has been friendly with SD I couldn't imagine her doing that to us. I was wrong and should have followed my gut instinct. SD came in after hanging out with them the day after we were TP'd, and asked if she could spend the night there.

Since she is leaving for CA this week, as well as has soccer camp every morning at 9, I was debating whether it was a good idea. Then SD told me that the "puke" was really mashed potatoes, then she proceeded to say she shouldn't spend the night because they were planning on doing it to another girl to be mean (they've targeted a neighbor girl and are starting rumors she's a lesbian at school- SD is very upset, not because she's friend's with the girl, but because it's so mean.) I think I may just be rubbing off on her. Though she thinks we are too strict on some things (TV, Computer, BOYS, and phone use) she is concerned about her friends sneaking out to pull pranks that, if SHE were caught doing them could cost her the trip to CA or the rest of the summer grounded to our yard.

She also told me that in a way we help her by being strict because she has a valid excuse to tell her friends when they want her to do something wrong. All she has to say is, "Are you kidding? MY DAD and SM would KILL me!"

Something is working here. Now if we can just keep her away from BM a little more we may have a chance with her.

"Om Tare Tutare Ture Mama Ayurpunye Jnana Putin Kuru Svaha"
~Sita Tara Mantra