Hellllll nah, I would have done the same shit and I don’t give af if any parent mad. Go fuck yourself. Lol I give no fucks. I even throw away my kids stuff if they don’t clean up in the house. But im strict. I ain’t cleaning up after ppls kids. I’m tired of cleaning up after mine. Yall are too nice. And she feeds them?! Pshhh. Im poor already. If I call and ask them to clean it up and it’s been a week. TRASH. THAT MEANS IT WASNT IMPORTANT. My kids if they forget anything that is important to them within a few mins to hour, they freak out. Obviously the toy wasn’t important if a WEEK WENT BY. 
if other parents can’t respect what u ask them or their kids what to do, too bad. Yall can judge, I wouldn’t care. I always ask my kids to not forget their things bc it costs money and I will not buy another. 
mine are 5 n 6. They already know not to forget anything. N I usually double check and remember what they brought. Few hours to 1 day MAX, I’ll drive back or go back to get it. Be responsible for your own kids stuff. Bye.
Maybe, have a water proof “trash can or box” to put them in when they take jackets off. Explain to them that there are rules when they come to play. If they don’t follow the rules, give them a timeout that they cannot come & play the next day. I used to watch kids (babysit) when my kids were young. We always had a clean up time at the end of the day.
No, your not wrong. My house has always been the neighborhood hanging out too. Their stuff adds up quick. It makes your house & yard look like trash. If they don’t want it thrown out they need to take it home
I think you should’ve told their parents rather than the children. Honestly you knew you were dealing with irresponsible kids, yet you put such a responsibility on them. You are in the wrong.
oh man. Here’s the deal for my kids. You want to disrespect what I’ve bought you, leave it in the yard or where ever for the elements to destroy, I will give you one chance when I see it, then it’s in the trash it goes. Kids literally expect to never learn responsibility and it’s scary to see how many people are okay with that. If the neighbor kids come over, and I’ve not met their parents, definitely let them know that if items are left here you have until the next day to come get it or else it’s going into a box outside and whoever gets it gets it 
but it won’t be left in my yard. I got a lawnmower that’ll definitely destroy it anyway. Parents, be diligent in teaching kids pick up and clean up that way they RESPECT other peoples property and home as well. It take repetition and time but it’ll happen and it’ll be a lot easier on everyone.
Its your yard, your rules. Its not your job to raise the whole neighborhood’s kids and it’s the job of the parents to keep track of their belonging , not yours.
They have to learn keep environnement clean
Your house will not be the house that the kids go to for long if you keep throwing stuff away.shit! Your kids will probably playing by them selves if you keep throwing there friends stuff away!!!
I would have a few clean up times each day . Maybe say clean up for a snack . Make sure you have a trash can for them for wrappers ect. Then put a found box on porch or by gate ect and put any left behind stuff in it so if a parent needs to they can look for any missing stuff . It’s a great time to teach rules and clean up .
I think you should keep things left in your yard for a week - and when kids come looking they can retrieve their item after doing a chore. Pulling weeds,sweeping a porch or walkway - even if it’s a chore for another neighbor. Perhaps receiving a penalty for loosing things will help them become more responsible. If things haven’t been claimed by the end of the week, then discard. If parents don’t like your plan they can keep their child at home. I agree it’s a bit more work for you but it does take a village to raise our children.
Milk crate…I would have one sit outside maybe near the garage. Moms hate when socks are missing. So maybe this will be more incentive for their mom to make them go back and collect their belongings. Throwing someone’s things out is harsh. I’d leave it neatly in a specific location…then every so often if it’s not claimed throw it out
Would you throw away your own kids items, even after giving them reminders?
My suggestion is that once a week when the neighborhood kids are over, go outside and start announcing that it is time for everyone to help clean up the yard and if their things are not claimed then throw it away. Make them help you keep it tidy. We were never allowed to leave someone’s house a mess when I was growing up and my kids know if they don’t help clean up then they can’t play next time. It’s not fair leaving the mess for someone else. You need to enforce the rules for EVERYONE.
Wow, what is wrong with having a Lost and Found box?
You should think of how the kids would feel or how would you feel if the neighbors did it to you’re kids
I guess you will have suspects on mischief night for the next 20 years or so.
Happy Holloween!
I personally wouldn’t throw someone’s stuff away. But you’ve done it now so no point in looking back. I would suggest a milk crate or something similar that would let water out. Set it at the end of your driveway have your kids pick everything left up and put it in that. Call the parents and let them know you have a lost and found at the end of your driveway and that’s where they can find there child’s things if they want them. You shouldn’t be responsible but your children should (there friends they’re playing with)
If kids were littering in my yard I would not be very nice about it
I have raised my son to be better than that and it’s disgraceful that anyone in this modern day would raise children that would be deliberately litter and thrash shit when the earth is dying
Kids are just kids be glad they like to play in your yard just pick the stuff up put it in the crate . Then later ask kids if that want a treat pick up the yard and you’ll get them one then tell them to take there things home . Tossing them is just rude.
Also if the parents cared they would of made their kids get their stuff so let them be mad
They are children. Obviously their parents aren’t teaching them to clean up after themselves so unfortunately that is your task if you’re going to allow them at your house. Keep reminding them, keep a trash can nearby so they are visually reminded to pick up their trash. Have a designated bucket that your child puts their friends belongings in. Include your kid- if they have to do extra work maybe they will remind their friends. Be grateful that you are the house that kids want to be. I would rather pick up kids stuff than have my kid at someone else’s house and not know what they’re doing.
Sell it back to them!
I 100% would do the same but first I would have told the parents…. Just a simple “things are getting left in my yard I don’t know what is who’s so please tell your children to pick up before they leave or I will have to start throwing things away… Then if things continued staying in my yard I’d throw it out. 
Orr you can buy a tote of some sort and put everything in there let the parents know about it then when it gets full throw it out…
I think you should have told/warned the parents first. Maybe even put a sign up that says children who visit, when u leave things in my yard. They will be thrown out. Please take your stuff with you… and sign it lol. Well NOW the neighbors know hopefully that you mean Business and not just saying this for the heck of it…
Your not wrong & frankly what would they do if God for bid their child got hurt at your house.,if they want to get upset over socks…stick to your guns & maybe a week break from anyone coming over, maybe some will find elsewhere to go…idk, but demand respect 
no u r not wrong but instead of throwing them away put a trash can out {of course with a lid } and put the stuff in trash and if they want it back they can go in and get it.2)). Put a sign on said trash can stuff left on my property if u want it come get it (r paint it on the can) 3 ) this should take care of ur problem
Nope you’re not wrong. If you tell them to pick up their stuff and they don’t. Well it belongs to the trash man now.
How old are the kids
I would call the parents and give them the heads up
This is one of those instances that YOU should have contacted the parents because it’s their 
that pays for the stuff. Plus you know how kids are, in one ear and out the other:joy:
Is it possible to get like a plastic tote and put everything in it and let the parents know they have so many days to collect stuff or it’s gone?
Get something to it the items in and let them know if the left anything it should. Be it that place ,try to make. A rule that they pick up before they go home. And be out there. To help supervise ,the rule. Will probably not be followed. All the time but every little. Thing helps
Count your Blessings!
I also would inform all the parents of the kids that play in your yard about this situation & if it’s there for several days you will be throwing the stuff away, What they do after that, that’s on them
Wow how would you feel if someone threw your kids stuff away. Get a container and put the items in there and let the kids and parents know that they left some items over there.
It isn’t your job responsibility to feed and take care of the neighbors children that have claimed your yard, and trashed it without picking up after themselves. I think that this may solve the issue regarding the kids and the stuff being left behind… take responsibility for things.
Even if they have a pet for example, a cat you feed for a week straight if they do not have proof of owner ship, it would be considered yours. Soooo… if a parent comes and complains you threw away their things there is always that.
Or say well you could get off my property and keep your kid and his belongings off of it too.
There are too many people in the world willing to take advantage of the kindness of others. And I think you are being taken advantage of.
Why not get a basket and put it all in a basket on the sidewalk or something… I wouldn’t throw them away… I don’t know the buried resentment in being a safe house for kids to play at. But. It’s really a short-lived stage of life.
Why not get a huge Rubbermaid tub and put everything in that. Tell the kids that the stuff will be in there for one week or two, whatever time limit you think, and whatever is not claimed will go to donation or trash? You can even let the parents know this as well so they could come claim items if they see fit.
Inform the parents first if they want their child’s stuff then they should come pick it up and give them a time frame to do it, if not it will be thrown away….
Sounds like the parents don’t care as long as kids are taken care of! Put a box with sign telling them if you leave it I will throw it away! Tell parents about the box so they are warned! It’s not your responsibility to babysit everyone else’s kids! I agree with you and had this same problem with my grandkids! If you don’t demand respect you will get used!
I think you should get a huge trash bag and fill it up with all their stuff and if they all want something back they can all go through the trash bag themselves kids will be kids life is hard enough nowadays and thank you for providing safe space
I think it’s ignorant bc u don’t know the parents financial situations
Wow I am glad I don’t understand people like you. Why not maybe do as above set it out next to where you set garbage cans with a sign Please claim this will be thrown away next garbage day. Let them claim I worked at a school most kids will not pick up anything in lost and found … we used to put out 6 to 8 big tables and they would not look at it we would have everything from notebooks to shoes, hats, gloves shirts coats they would not take even if we pointed out they were theirs Got to have where Mom can see them. Age maybe??
When my son was growing up we had a good friend which 20 years later they still are good friends. This boy was notorious for leaving his things at our house eventually I would just donate them because he would never come get them in fact I still have some of his stuff in my closet my son is 21
I always had a lost n found box. Towels , bathing suits , clothes etc. I wouldn’t throw anything away. When the kids were over I would tell them to look thru and take what’s theirs.
I did accumulate a lot of pool towels thru the years
Contact the parents and ask them to speak to kiddos
If they don’t take care of there stuff they don’t need it
I would do a lost and found bin, with a sign items not claimed by the end of the month will get thrown away, let the parents know and they can come claim their kids belongings.
Put a tote with a lid in your yard or on porch labeled lost and found. Having the safety of your kids being in your yard safe is such a blessing.
Trash!!! I have a rule at my house, if it’s on the floor then obviously my kids don’t want it. I throw it away! It’s usually the third time I find it all thrown. They see the vacuum and they come running
I would go buy a metal trash can with a lid and throw the items in it. Once a month throw out what’s left behind or donate it.
Get a box to put it all in and call the parents to claim it. Make a neighborhood lost and found box. Yes you’re wrong to throw items away. If not tell the kids and parents you’re house is off limits to play at.
I understand not wanting stuff left in your yard but why not do like others say and have a lost and found box. Put it on the side of the house, let the kids know it will be emptied out weekly. That at least gives them the chance to pick up their lost items. Sometimes kids do genuinely forget things but like I said I also understand not wanting the junk in your yard. If you decide not to do a lost and found box then send a text or send the kids home with flyers saying you’ll keep the stuff left in your yard for a day before it goes in the trash. Don’t think you would be in the wrong either way. I also think the kids need to have a little more respect than to use your yard as a toy box. I know I wouldn’t want a bunch of kids coming over and leaving stuff that I had to pick up all over the place
Nope! I would have….and I have……done the same thing!
I wouldn’t throw out another parents hard earned money I’d just start dropping it off at the house or mentioning to the parents that they’re kids keep leaving their stuff behind create a lost and found if it’s that bad, but really how would you feel if another parent just threw your kids stuff in the trash… I know I would make you cover skates you so carelessly threw out without any real consideration for another parent. God knows I COULDNT afford to be as wasteful as that or even replace my kids if someone did that to me. WOW JUST WOW.
Totally agree!! I do the same thing. And it’s just the one kid from next store but I bet they have to buy him alot of socks!! 
I mean I would wait to throw it out. You don’t know or care to know who owns what and that means if a child accidentally left a teddy and didn’t return to your place the next day they just lost it forever! Kids are kids and when having fun or in the moment they forget. Fuck I forget all the time. What if the kid has some kind of mental illness… pretty sure people with ADHD forget all the time. Also if you just threw out my kids stuff without letting me know I’d expect you to pay it back. I don’t pat my kids down every time they leave the house so I may not even know they took a toy. 
You should’ve told the parents first as the parents 9/10 bought those items.
Next time just slip a written note in the parents door informing them items were left at your house- with a list of the items.
Also put a date that the items need to be claimed and collected by or it’ll go in the trash or donated or etc etc etc
Your home you make the rules.
Like someone mentioned before, I’d get a tote/lost and found box with a lid and throw everything in there! In my opinion, I’m guessing they like you and feel comfortable enough with you and your family for your house/yard to be ‘the place.’ Let it stay that way by not throwing away their fun items. Kids forget things ALL THE TIME! Just for your own peace of mind, give the items a ‘time limit’ like a month or two before tossing or asking kids if the stuff belongs to them.
I’ll throw away my own kids stuff, so yeah I’d definitely be throwing away anything left in my yard.
Put them all in a box and write a note stating “all things left in this box after a week will be thrown away” and let their parents know too
Nah that’s ignorant. You don’t know the parents financial situation, maybe that’s all they could afford. Or maybe what you threw away was all that was left of a grandparent that isn’t here anymore. You just never know. Your the adult, you should do the adult thing and make sure what your throwing away isn’t of importance regardless of how long it’s been left in your yard. A good start would he to contact the parents of these kids. Stop being petty
yes i agree with you kids need to respect other peoples things they use
How can she communicate with the parents if she has no idea who the items belong to? She said her yard is full of kids, so there could be 5 to 10 + kids there at a time. It is seriously not her job to keep track of each child’s personal items. Come on…socks? Like I even know what socks my kids are wearing lol. If the child is old enough to arrive/leave on their own, they are old enough to maintain their items.
Where have we gone as parents that we no longer hold our kids accountable? We now hold everyone else. We are a participation trophy society. Oh poor Johnny or poor Katie might go without or loose and get their feelings hurt. We even blame teachers for bad grades and missing homework.
When I was a child (80’s) we were held to our own behaviors. We lost something, that was on us, no one else. We got a bad grade or didn’t perform well, that was on us. Personal accountability has flown out the window . This is why we have a world of entitled little asshats who think everything is owed to them. Why we have kids beating on parents and teachers. Why we have 14 yr Olds raping and killing 10 yr Olds.
Get back in the habit of teaching personal accountability and responsibility.
If it stays in your yard. I claim it as mine. I live in apartment complex. I find my kids bicycles in different kids yards where that kid comes and gets our stuff and ride it. I have to lock up the bikes and scooters. Any thing they leave in my yard I claim and put my kids names on. All our bikes and scooters have my kids names on them under the fender in discreet places so the other kids can’t claim bike is theirs.
I would never throw stuff away. Kids are forgetful. What i would do is have a bin in the back & say either take home or place in here please.
Perhaps a “lost and found” or an “Is this yours?” Box ?
No, mean an petty to throw away…come on
We have neighbourhood kids leave stuff here all the time, but my kids also leave stuff at others houses. I would never throw anything away that doesn’t belong to us. We have a neighbourhood chat group and I will find the owners and return the items, just like they do for us!
Ya you’re wrong. At best you should have fake thrown them away, and given them to their parents behind the kids back, and told the parents what you did and why. Kids are kids they forget, and not all toys are easily replaced. Children are not adults and should not be expected to act as such. Yes teach them to take their things home that is good, but to get so angry you throw their things away? That’s too much. You owe some apologies.
I do the same thing. I don’t see that you’re in the wrong if they’re going to leave their crap in your yard for that long obviously they didn’t want it in the first place. Even after you told them countless times to come and pick it up. It’s not your responsibility to clean up after the neighborhood kids just yours. I would either not allow them to play in your yard anymore or seriously make them clean it up. I wouldn’t give a crap if the parents were mad at me not my problem that their kids won’t pick up after themselves. If the kid lost it then it wasn’t important in the first place and they should have picked it up. Socks and toys can be replaced.
As far as literal trash than make a rule - if you can’t clean it up you can’t play here. As far as other items - shoes, stuffed animals, so on … are you outside with the kids? Remind kids “okay we’re going in in an hour don’t forget everything you brought with you” or like stated before - lost and found box. A lot depends on the ages as well. If you threw away my four year olds stuff I’d be pissed at you too. Kids are forgetful especially when they are caught up having fun. Talk to parents if needed, or plain and simple don’t let the kids play in your yard if you are that worried about them forgetting things.
You should have spoken to the parents… not kids to kids to kids etc…
You’re TA.
I agree with getting a box and labeling a lost and found and just putting whatever you find in your yard in the box. It cleans up your yard and if it was in fact loss or forgot they have somewhere to find it and you’re not putting away something that is valuable to somebody or something that a parent paid a significant amount of money for… or just someone else’s things
Nope. They were warned. If they don’t notice their kids leaving home with things and then not coming home with them… that’s their parenting, not yours.
I suggest you keep the things they leave for a week or two rather than throwing them out. Wait for the parents to come get them. If they don’t come in that time, the stuff must not be so important.
Actually, this more a case of parents who don’t teach their kids to be responsible for themselves. If, after all, the parent is mad at you don’t worry about it.
you are wrong would you want some parent throwing away your kids stuff if they left it at there house.
Nope I would remind all of them once maybe twice and after that it’s gone. Like you said it’s trashy and you have told them so it’s not like it’s something new
That parent just being lazy and picking up after their child.
Not wrong at all lol, if my kids left stuff all over YOUR yard.TRASH! You were nice enough to keep it for a week.
Nope, your house and your rules. They don’t like it then stay home or go somewhere else!
I think it depends on how old the kids are… young kids, you gotta remind them like a bagilion times. Older (10 and up) they know better. If they are consistently at your house and they see their shit there and don’t pick it up/take it home, I’d throw it away too. Or put it in a box labeled neighborhood toys for sale… bet those parents would make sure they kids brought their shit home after seeing that.
Maybe a better idea to set up a bin or box like a lost and found on the porch? So it’s not in the yard trashy but a place stuff can go just incase. Children are forgetful, and while annoying this would avoid mad neighbors/parents of these kids that you have to live by.
That’s what I would do personally.
Just start having them put there thing up neatly in your yard…if they are there most days playing with it…it’s what we do…half the nighbours stuff is in the pile in ours but they also pick theres up( my kids and the neighbor boys pick all the stuff up and put it all up ) but it’s all here in our yard we have a basement and most everything goes there…they have there side of the basement for there toys and the other half is my man’s work area…but also talking with the parents would be an option… telling the parents or speaking to them about them asking there kids to help or asking each day when there kids come home if they picked up there toys…also about you being able to “make” ( meaning either they clean it up or it won’t be there next time kinda comments) to the kids…I don’t recommend throwing them away but if a certain child doesn’t and the parents are ok with the child thinking there toys aren’t there anymore then do it but honestly if my kids loved playing else where and kids being kids just ran home…I’d expect the parent to come to me not a kid crying there shit( I paid for) gone because you told a kid to tell another kid to do whatever…I think you need to communicate with the parents and go from there but we still have days where I’m out in the yard with my 4 and the neighbors 3 kids picking up with them until it’s all picked up either put up in there yard or my yard…but no offense a yard full of happy kids and toys isn’t a bad thing and I don’t think people really complain the way your thinking they would about a happy place kids like being at to play…just saying there’s better way to go about it…set out a visable trash can( and personally tell kids hey here’s a trash can for your trash) for snacks and communicate with the parents and just be nice they are kids…mine still get told to hey you pick that up and put it where it goes…or hey does that where that trash goes…nope it goes in the trash can…it’s still a daily thing inside and outside…so maybe realize your dealing with kids who need daily help/ reminders and work with them or just be the mean lady that throws everything away and wait til the parents flip out and your reason is the child didn’t put it away cuz you told a child to tell a child to do it…see how that goes over cuz personally I’d flip if I found out the stuff I spent money on was tossed because my child left it out in a yard they obviously felt safe and comfortable enough to play in…your dealing with kids … multiple children… remember that…your not dealing with grown people that know…kids very much need daily reminding multiple times and they also need direction…that’s all…my kids often try and run in without picking things up in our or the neighbors yard…I tell em to turn it around and pick it up…it’s just knowing your dealing with kids…if it’s that bad then don’t allow them in your yard period but I personally think talking with the parents and then doing your part as a mom and a person who is suppose to understand kids should be aware that being told once isn’t going to cut it with a kid let alone a group of them
You probably should have carried it out to your curb. If you can gather it, to put in the trash, it’s not much more ( if any ) to set it out by the curb. Embarrassed kids and parents can see and have the option to pick it up. If not, then by trash day it’s your prerogative to throw it out. This way, you have the firm argument, that it set out on the curb, with them having the opportunity to pick it up. Since they didn’t, you figured it to be and treated it as such…trash!
Kids forget things. It’s what they do 
. You should’ve spoke to parents or created a lost and found box of left behind items… honestly if you don’t like it, don’t let everyone play in your yard… that’s the only way to stop it. Otherwise, kids are gonna be forgetful and things will get left behind.
They Obviously didn’t need it or care for it if it sat in your yard for a week first … and you gave more warning than most would … I’d make a cute sign that says please clean after yourself or something
Make your kids pick it up and put it in a lost and found bin. Bet that after a week of cleaning their friends shiz it slows down
Try to picture how much a lost and found box in an elementary school holds throughout one school year. Even when notes are sent home to parents, items still remain. There are winter coats, hats, gloves, shoes, electronics., Umbrellas, socks, gym clothes, backpacks, lunch boxes, toys, etc… It is hard to understand how some of these items cannot be missed, but they are not. They have to get packed up and donated. How irresponsible and wasteful we can be as a society!
I’ve had this when we use to have one of my sons mates over- we’d even feed the kid and then find the food stuffed in plant pots (even though the kids would beg and plead for the same food I was giving to my 2 kids), he’s break my sons toys, take my sons toys, chuck wrappers/packets/cans in our garden (they live nextdoor). I even put a carrier bag on the fence post and reminded them to use it. My son would but the mate wouldn’t. So in the end, I had to gently confront the kid in front of his mum and say I can’t have h over to play if he trashes my garden and takes my sons toys as it’s not fair on my son or us. But if he could learn to tidy up and not take what isn’t his then he was more than welcome to come back and play. The mother completely agreed and helped clean up. The kid on 2 more occasions broke the rules I’d asked for him to respect when playing in our garden, so he wasn’t welcomed back again. We no longer speak to the mother (long story) and now the younger kid chucks wrappers in our garden all the time. My son and daughter (she’s a teen so too old to play with my son and his mate) now hand the rubbish back to the kid and repeat the same thing every time- “Please don’t throw your rubbish in our garden. Could you please put it in your bin as our garden isn’t a bin. Thank you”
As the adult you should have told the kids yourself instead of sending the message through your kids. Also, kids need reminders ALL THE TIME 
so giving them the reminder daily or as often as you can to take your things home with you helps them to remember to do it without the reminder.
Idk in California it would be considered found property and there are laws against disposing of it without waiting a certain amount of time and making a reasonable effort to find the owners
MAYBE you should have talked to the PARENTS and told them about the issue instead of just talking to the minor children
If anyone reads my comment, give me some advice:rofl:
we got a new trampoline over the wknd remind you I just moved in over the winter so we don’t know our neighbors or their parents. There has been kids over everyday(I don’t mind that) but how do I tell them nicely and where they’ll listen only so many at a time?
Guys I counted 17 kids on it not including my 3 so 20 kids on it yesterday!!! I dont want it broke but I don’t want to be mean. Last year in our old neighborhood someone cut our trampoline 4 times 
I’m that house also I talk to those kids not mine and when those kids don’t listen tell their parents. I personally hunted a kid down and told her to pick up her trash and told her if any of mine did the mess they are to help that child understood. they also know any arguments or conflicts they leave that day I’m not dealing with that nonsense.
Not in the wrong at all. But I would say if there is any toy that could be donated to other children, good will etc. I would try that. However, I understand if you’re strapped for time. I would do the same thing.
I mean u can’t just get a bin and put all the stuff they leave in the bin, like a lost and found? Throwing their stuff away bc ur in a bad mood is messed up. You’d be upset if ur kids friends threw their stuff away… ppl pay money for that stuff. And we all know kids aren’t 1000% responsible yet, them make mistakes. My kid used to leave her coat at school all the time. I’d be do mad if they threw them away!
Just make a lost and found bin and put the stuff in there. If the kids are missing something or parents are looking for something their kid left, direct them to the Bin.
This is kind of what you sign up for when you let a lot of kids play at your house. I have upwards of nine kids in my home most days and I have never thrown away things they leave. May I suggest a cubby system? Maybe get a bunch of crates and stack them up like a shelf?
Yta just make a neighbors box or something. You’d be furious if someone threw away your kids shoes or skates. Guess what kids are literally known for…forgetting things!
Put it all in a black bag out the way and when/if your asked where it is…that’s where!
My child possibly forgot (as kids do) something in your garden and you threw it away I wouldn’t be angry at all I’d kick your bloody arse!! Are you insane woman. If you don’t like it stop them playing there you can’t chuck children’s things away it could be a hand me down with precious memories, a gift from a loved one no longer with us. Jesus!! 
Get a freaking plastic bin, let them, or make ur kids, throw all the crap in there, parents can sort it out if they come looking for something
You’re not in the wrong at all and I would probably do the same thing! Shoot, if they’re mad, then oh well! They should pay more attention to their kids. Going forward, I wouldn’t even tell your kids that you’re throwing stuff away, just do it! And if it gets worse, then toss their crap on the sidewalk near the house, and they can come and pick their own stuff up and not bother you!