How To Deal with Malicious ("CUTE") Children...

How To Deal with Malicious ("CUTE") Children...

...Greetings, All. I am starting this Thread early (in Winter), before the Season for it (Summer) arrives. I have asked this question indirectly before, yet gained nothing in the way of practical help/advice. Thus I try it again now, to see if anyone has a truly useful answer...?
One situation is this: Where I (am forced to) Live, there is only one way in and one way out (without destroying a fence). Last year, 'the neighbours' decided that a common/public area was their private & safe PLAYPEN for their children to play in, paddle-in-a-pool, litter, leave toys and traps, etc. etc...
To the Adults, their own 'children'... can do no wrong, ever, and ARE just OH-so-CUTE. Children can do no wrong, ever, and this is view now protected by LAW. Even if they swear, smash windows, vandalise, litter, or decide that long-term harassment or spilling your blood is FUN... they are just CUTE children. They can upset Adults, but Adults cannot upset them, they are just being harmless and CUTE Children.
My question here, in the Main, is: How do I get past them when they decide to SWARM at me?
(Pushing past is seen as 'assault'. Reasoning with them is just seen as "Funny, weirdo - let's victimise and throw stones at them!". Asking their Owners/'caregivers'... to deal with them is seen as: "Oh they are just CUTE children, they meant no harm!" -- bearing in mind the harassment and vandalism part I just said.)
...Honest question, I appreciate some honest answers, Thanks.
(P.S. - "Autism" is too long a word for such 'children', so do not bother posting mentioning that. Some Adults recall the word "Autism", but it is swiftly drowned out by the word/idea of "CUTE".)

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  • I understand and feel for you but have no clear answers or advice.

    I and my family suffered similar treatment and abuse by neighborhood children and teens because of who and what we were.

    Having stones thrown at our windows was almost a daily occurrence.  When our cousin from Poland experienced it for the first time, she stuck her head out from the window and started shouting at the kids. She was amazed that we just put up with it.  I explained to her that any alteration would only make things worse, verbal arguments have no effect, any physical intervention is illegal ( they are children). Parents don't care.  And after she leaves we would be left to deal with the consequences of anything she does.  So  just try to ignore the occasional stone being thrown.  Her opinion was that this society is sick.  Nobody back home would put up with this.

  • ...In perhaps a final, futile attempt, to resuscitate this Thread for answers which I cannot think of Myself, I am Thanking You for Your support, Mr. Math-Photographer. I can only think of planting stinging nettles, really...

    The problem for Me was always that it is focussed upon Myself alone., not so much my Family. It happens to me wherever I go, should the mood take the Child. I wanted also use this Thread to Rant/Vent a lot, but... well, It seems not.

    ...As I write this, I have to sign off, now, Thanks for Your Posts, and Good Fortune to You from Me, always.

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  • ...In perhaps a final, futile attempt, to resuscitate this Thread for answers which I cannot think of Myself, I am Thanking You for Your support, Mr. Math-Photographer. I can only think of planting stinging nettles, really...

    The problem for Me was always that it is focussed upon Myself alone., not so much my Family. It happens to me wherever I go, should the mood take the Child. I wanted also use this Thread to Rant/Vent a lot, but... well, It seems not.

    ...As I write this, I have to sign off, now, Thanks for Your Posts, and Good Fortune to You from Me, always.

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