The kid down the street.

So this kid from down the street came around a few months ago and has been playing with my kids. Bike rides, basketball, scooters. It was all innocent. But I never saw a parent and didn’t have a great feeling about the kid. The kid has a walky talky and that is how parents or his brother seem to communicate with him.A couple months ago, I saw him and the neighbor kid jump the fence into the schools softball field behind our house. The next door neighbor kid got in big trouble but of course walky talky kid from down the street, didn’t have any supervision. I had a talk with my kids how it was trespassing and never to do that even though mine weren’t involved.In the last couple weeks, things have started getting destroyed. Last week he threw a stick and hit my kid in the face (i know this just happens sometimes). Several toys have been broken lots of our things in the garage that don’t belong to the kids get used and abused without permission.When our kids just play with the next door neighbor kids things happen but A LOT less frequently. When walky talky kid comes around it just seems much worse.I haven’t been in the garage watching the kids as much as I used to. We also have a 1 year old that is much more active now and can’t be outside as much. I’m trying not to be a helicopter parent and give the older 2 more freedom but my wife and I both feel it’s getting out of control.This afternoon at work my wife called mad that a doll had been destroyed. She came out to find it stuck up in the tree and it’s face run over with a bike smashed in. She had a conversations with the kids about not destroying anything and telling us if walky talky kid does. They were sent to their room until I got home. When I got there I talked to them as well and told them they couldn’t play out until after dinner.After dinner, I coached them one more time about what is appropriate and to come tell me right away if walky talky kid is messing with our stuff or doing anything inappropriate. Within 5 minutes I hear the van back door slamming(messing with the van is against the rules they now this). I went out to find my oldest and walky talky kid awkwardly trying to hide that they both obviously knew they were caught. My youngest straight up lied “the wind blew it open”. This made me even more mad. They were both sent to their room again... my wife and I are at our wits end. We really don’t want them playing with walky talky kid anymore. But we aren’t sure how to handle this. Any advice?My kids 5 and 7.Walky talky kid from down the street 9. Neighbor kids 7 and 9. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2CKL1HJ