Chalk drawings on pavement

Drawing chalk pictures on the pavement is (and was) a rite of passage for many young children growing up. Colourful rainbow pictures and stick men can often be found scattered across local playgrounds and driveways.

But is it ever OK for kids to draw on public pavements?

That’s the question one mum asked the internet masses recently after they were surprised by the reaction of a neighbour who came outside and washed their child’s drawings away – right in front of them.

The parent took to Mumsnet to ask AITA (am I the asshole) for allowing their five-year-old and her friends to draw with chalk on the public pavement.

“They ran out of space in the garden and continued [their] colourful chalk drawings along the public pavement outside the house,” wrote the mum. They then drew outside five or six other houses, she explained.

“They drew rainbows and houses and wrote their names and a hopscotch. Nothing offensive but not exactly amazing art (they are only 5!).”

But when one of their neighbours arrived home, they appeared “visibly annoyed” by the drawings – “the kids asked if they like[d] their art and they ignored them, went inside, got their hose and washed the chalk away from the........

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