I also enjoy the young kids in my neighborhood and I make it clear that they can pick my oranges (as long as it is to EAT-not to throw) and they can visit my birds whenevever I’m out (because I can always spare time from my reading). My own grandkids all live in other states, so I LIKE being the local grandma in a mixed age neighborhood (NO WAY I want to just be with old people!). Even the SCA friends who I thought were in their 70s like me are really in their 60s ;-)
I also enjoy the young kids in my neighborhood and I make it clear that they can pick my oranges (as long as it is to EAT-not to throw) and they can visit my birds whenevever I’m out (because I can always spare time from my reading). My own grandkids all live in other states, so I LIKE being the local grandma in a mixed age neighborhood (NO WAY I want to just be with old people!). Even the SCA friends who I thought were in their 70s like me are really in their 60s ;-)