A mother’s note asking for a car owner to stop parking in a particular spot because of her son’s ‘impulsive and destructive’ tendencies has divided opinions.

The mum, who is clearly dealing with the huge mental load of trying to control her child, left the note on a car that was parked at the front of the complex where she and her son live.

The note was then shared on reddit, with the poster stating: “Letter on my wife’s windscreen this morning.”

Here’s what the note says:

“Please note our son is impulsive and destructive. Since moving in he has drawn on my car with texta, thrown a few rocks across the front of the complex and if a car was parked where this one is, it would have smashed a window. He has also thrown numerous items from our balcony. 

“I know that I have been vocal about cars parking out the front here and this is a huge factor. I, as a parent of an ADHD/ASD child can only pre-empt so much. 

“Please only park here if you’re willing to accept damage to your car.”

The post attracted more than seven thousand comments, with many questioning if the warning would hold up in court, if the car does get damaged. While others were more concerned about the boy’s behaviour.

“What if that rock hit and injured a child or an animal?,” one person commented. “The parents need to block access to the balcony. There has got to be child lock bars that can brace a sliding glass door from opening. Because if that child is pelting things from a second floor it could hit people, kids, pets below.

“Rocks that are big enough to damage a car can cause concussions/massive damage to a living being.”

“At the end of the day the parents may need to move to an apartment where they are not on the top floor or not near parked cars if possible. That’s on the parents to pick a location that suits the needs of their family.”

While another put the blame back on the parent.

“Parent here to an unstoppable force of a kid. It’s preventable. Most things are. Lazy parents are the problem. I had one. I used to go in my brother’s room and ruin stuff for attention. Abused kid stuff. But he didn’t deserve it, he was an abused kid too. One day I ruined his computer he built himself in the 90s and was so proud of. I still feel horrible. But you know what? My mum blamed me and said there was nothing she could have done.

“When my daughter started doing something similar (getting into stuff in a room she shouldn’t) I put a lock on the door and it stopped. Not hard.”

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