Letting neighbours kid borrow lads old bike ?

[cyberknight]

Neightbours kid who my son play with although he is a bit violent and only wants to play if no one else to play with and in the past we have lost loads of balls, damaged out trampoline etc but we only ever here about it afterwards so too late to stop him .
Anyway he keeps wanting to ride my lads old bike which is too small for him , apparently he has his own bike but its in their shed or he hasnt got a bike anymore depending on the story of the day .
I have told my son his "friend " cannot borrow it anymore as it always comes back a bit more scratched or just dumped outside for anyone to walk off with .
Am i being unreasonable ?

EDIT , just turned up on a bike so yes hes got his own........

 

[midlife]

Nope. Couldn't think of anything else to type.....

 

[biggs682]

Say no

 

[summerdays]

I wouldn't lend a bike to someone who had a past history of not looking after things.

 

[annedonnelly]

Now that it's too small for your son what are you going to do with it? I may not give it to someone I didn't trust/like but I would be passing it on to someone who can use it.

 

[MarkF]

Let the kid ride the bike!

 

[Jimidh]

Unless it's an expensive bike I would let him ride the bike.

All our kids old bikes have ended up in neighbours garages as I didn't want money for them but good to see some other kids getting fun riding them.

 

[Welsh wheels]

If he's not taking care of it, it's not unreasonable. Even though he's only a kid, he should still learn to take care of things.

 

[TVC]

Tell him you sold it, then sell it, or give it to someone who will appreciate it.

 

[summerdays]

Tell him you sold it, then sell it, or give it to someone who will appreciate it.

I think that's the bit that grates with me...

 

[jefmcg]

+1 to all the other replies

You are also not doing a favour to the kid if you let him use the bike. He needs to learn that actions have consequences, and it seems his parents aren't teaching that. The you-can't-borrow-this-bike-so-you-have-to-ride-your-own is such a low stakes consequence, that it's a good place to give him that lesson.

Otherwise he's going to have a hard lesson sometime in his teens, that could end up with him dead or injured or in jail.

 

[cyberknight]

Now that it's too small for your son what are you going to do with it? I may not give it to someone I didn't trust/like but I would be passing it on to someone who can use it.

Thinking about spraying it pink , right size for my daughter

 

[Markymark]

Thinking about spraying it pink , right size for my daughter

Because girls only ride pink bikes????

My youngest had her 5th birthday. She sat there surrounded by presents from her party when my parents came around.

"I see your favourite colour is pink then??"

"No" She replied

 

[cyberknight]

Because girls only ride pink bikes????

My youngest had her 5th birthday. She sat there surrounded by presents from her party when my parents came around.

"I see your favourite colour is pink then??"

"No" She replied

Because she like pink , nothing to do with me or peer pressure .She wants pink butterfly wallpaper and shes 5 too .

 

[Markymark]

Because she like pink , nothing to do with me or peer pressure .She wants pink butterfly wallpaper and shes 5 too .

I'd love to know how you can extract that. So much stuff my 5yo gets, from school, presents, TV, books is pink pink pink. To say it has no influence is hard to imagine.