Children need proper supervision

THE situation in housing estates with groups of children playing for hours and late into the evening without any adult supervision is alarming.

They have no respect for people going about their daily business. They shout at them, trespass on their property by going into gardens, climbing walls, and sometimes committing small acts of vandalism, which are very stressful, annoying and expensive to repair for the owners.

My father is 65, lives in a small housing estate in west Limerick, and he cannot go outside the door while the children are around.