I mean, when the kids are actively destroying your property it hits a bit different than if they're just chilling on the grass. I don't think this qualifies as grouchy old man-speak
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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Good fences make good neighbors
Ain't that the truth. But so does, like, good parenting.
I did just buy this sign to put on it:
I’m pretty sure if you are in a suburban area you can’t actually electrify it.
I don’t think there is any ordinance about the sign though lol
Not sure. I'm in unincorporated suburbia so it might just require signage?
Regardless, there definitely (okay, probably) isn't an ordinance about detecting someone touching it and making it make a "bzzzztttt" sound lol.
Now you’re Thinking With Portals
yeah that's not "get off my lawn" energy. "get off my lawn" is specifically for when no harm is being done
I'm pretty sure there's a GI Joe PSA covering this exact situation.
Porkchop Sandwiches!!
Wow outta nowhere from the top rope
Have you considered how to help them? Move the planters. Pad the retaining wall so nothing to slam into?
Boss move is to help kids play, and play safely.
Until they get hurt and the parents sue you
I said the boss move was to make it safe for the kids to play.
Parents suing is hardly a thing outside of the venal littigious shithole of the US. Normal people don't do that.
Nobody ever wants to sue their neighbors. Its an insurance problem.
The kids’ health insurance denies their claims when they find out the injury might be covered by the neighbors homeowners insurance, and their insurance ALSO says go pound sand.
Now you need a court order telling which insurance has to pay.
Like they said, a USA problem.
Fr. Do something nice like duct tape crash pads to a wall, then suddenly you're liable for kids trying to crash hard enough into it to get concussions or spinal compression
0/10, not worth
If those were my kids, they would be installing the fence and razor wire for you.
...or at least fixing the damage they caused.
I've been upset at people causing property damage since I was like 9. I worked hard and paid for my shit, don't touch it. I still rage a little inside when people lean on cars (it seems like its a VERY little known fact how soft most cars clearcoat is and how the tiniest amount of dirt if touched leaves a scratch that has to be removed by buffing or worse, destroying a layer of clearcoat in the process).
Now, politicians? They don't/shouldnt get that luxury of property being untouched when you allow/cause a facist party to come to power.
I pay neighborhood kids to jump my fence and catch the chickens to get them out of my yard.
Please get on my yard.
Just keep the response proportional, i.e., the level of dog poop flung over into their yard until the PARENTS acknowledge this and make redress.
Understandable.
Bah! Get this post offa my computer! (Shakes fist at computer screen). /s