Four Year Old Bully Neighbor
My brother has a sticky situation. He has a two year old and a newborn baby. Their backyard is fenced off so sometimes they leave the two year old in the sandbox to tend to the newborn. And the neighbor's 4 year old will take that opportunity to jump the short fence between the properties and push and punch the two year old. My brother put up additional fencing so sometimes the kid will walk around to the other side and jump the short fence OR he won't bother walking and just jumps on a picnic table and throws rocks at my nephew.
They have complained to the parents and they say "they are bringing up their kids differently - they want their kids to be strong and stand up for themselves" and that my 2 year old nephew "will have to toughen up if he doesn't want to grow up to be a nerd".
You can't really call the cops on a 4 year old. And you can't spank someone elses child. What exactly do you do? For the moment they are keeping the child indoors all the time.
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