My Neighbor Called the Cops on My Kids Because ‘Children Shouldn’t Be Screaming Outside’ – So I Went to War with Her

Deborah.

She stepped onto her porch and stared at the kids.

No phone. Just glaring.

Her curtain twitched again later when they shrieked about a bug. Camera caught that, too.

Over the next few days, it was nonstop.

Children laughing?

Curtain twitch. Ball bouncing? Storm door opens.

Bike bell? Deborah steps outside, scans, goes back in.

All of it recorded.

By Friday, I was on edge but ready.

That afternoon, Liam ran up the driveway. “Mom!

Ethan’s at the playground. Can we go?”

“Yeah,” I said. “Take your brother, and stay where I can see you on the camera.”

They took off in that clumsy, excited way kids do on bikes.

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