What would you do if a neighborhood kid lobbed a rock at your home with a sling-shot?

I've told this kid numerous times to stay away from my home and property and stop harassing the boy I'm raising. He lobbed a rock at my house on Sunday and hit it. Yesterday he had a long stick and was after something in the tree in my house. Had gotten fed up and went out and told him to leave and never come back to my yard. His excuse was that the boy was staring out at him through his bedroom window (our home, our window, he has a right to watch out the window). Told him next time I'd call the police and let them talk to his mother.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Haaaa ..... a lifetime ago when we rented a home in Queens for the summer we should have asked questions about why there were what looked like old raw-egg splashes on the house. It only took our first day and night to learn that the kids in the neighborhood had targeted the house and its owner and now us. It only took a call to the kids' moms to tell them "Hey, we're nice people. What's with the crank phone calls, rocks and eggs?" Within a couple of hours one of the mom's was at the door with fresh baked pastries and an apology for her son's behavior. The rest of the summer was great. They were all wonderful neighbors and the kids even addressed us as "Mr." and "Mrs.".

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Heartlander I don't expect anything like that from the mother of this child. The house and yard was in nice shape when they bought it and it looks all trashed out now. People living here in this neighborhood are basically decent and peaceful, not one person has called to report the way they were letting the yard overgrow (mowing one small strip at a time) but it'll be different next summer if they are still here. And the lady living across the street has gotten lawn ornaments and flower pots picked and stolen from her and she's not replacing them...am thinking the kid is behind that too since he's bored all the time and wandering around. I'm going to look for a wildlife camera and put it up in my yard.