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JoanOfArcade posted...

It's not the backyard it's in the road or others yards. The leave a giant mess everywhere. The taunting consists of taunting. The parents aren't even home most of the time. The "oldest" who just turned 10 is in charge

If the kids are literally going onto your yard/property and damaging it or leaving litter all over it (as well as taunting your animals maliciously), it is something you can get the local police involved with, as that is a crime.

Though honestly your first step really should be talking to the little shits parents first, and see if you can't come to a mutual understanding, if not - get the authorities involved. I had a similar thing happen a decade or so ago back in Colorado.

Had a family move in next door with a trio of little brats that would constantly harass my mother's outdoor cats, as well as trespass into ours and others yards. The little brats would also "walk" their dog, and by walk, I mean let the thing off it's leash in a town with a leash law, and have it run all over the neighborhood, shitting and tearing up property.

When we - as an entire neighborhood - confronted the parents about it, they got aggressive and said it wasn't their problem, and that "Dogs just wander, get over it", while at the same time threatening to call the local pound to have my mom's outdoor cats rounded up if we ever threatened to do the same for their dog again.

We got the township involved, got a hold of the owner of the house the family was renting from and explained the situation, and had them evicted by the end of the month. Communities have laws and standards that need to be abided by, and if the people living there don't want to abide by them, then it's within your right to get the township involved.

The whole "kids will be kids" excuse doesn't hold water when those kids are a nuisance to the neighberhood.