To some this might seem like just a 7 year-old being a kid, but it could very well be a nuisance. If a 7 year old child keep running in the neighbor's yard just to see the motion light come on, and his parent say, 'oh that's no big deal', do you think that's right? Could this very well be a nuisance to the elderly residents inside, even tho they are aware that the purpose of the light is to detect motion?

If it were me...I would attach a sprinkler to the motion detector and see how fast the little brat ran.

I'd kick my kid's butt for doing that, but some parents think their "angel" can do no wrong.

How much has he been doing this? Has he been doing it for weejs? Does he spend hours doing it? If not, then it probably really isn't that big of a deal. It's just something he's interested in for the moment.

I think he is just probably fascinated with how a motion detector works. He is just being a kid. I have a motion detector and when the light goes on I don't even know it. (I'm inside the house) It just lights up an area outside for a short time. Once it is on it has an automatic shut off. The kid can't keep turning it on and off and on and off because it doesn't shut off right away. I think after a few times I would tell my son to stop just because it would be annoying.

If it was my light and I was disturbed by it coming on all the time I would investigate the cause. If I saw a young kid out there running up to turn it on then running away waiting for the light to go off to run back to turn it on I would strike it up childhood and not be upset about it.

If there is doubt, then ask the residents who, I am willing to wager, are not aware that a seven year old is out there turning on the light repeatedly. The Security of those kinds of lamps is not that the resident is aware that the light is coming on, but that any would be thieve is discouraged that he may be seen in the bright light.

If it was my kid, I would explain to him/her that that is another person's property and that we do not go on other people's property time and time again without permission. That's me and I understand that others don't really see it in that light - pardon the pun.

David

Being a kid? Yes. Being a nuisance? Yes. The child is old enough to be taught to respect other people's property and not to trespass, and yet not quite old enough to be out after dark unsupervised...his parents' attitude is horrible, since it is not their call to make about whether or not this is a "big deal"....a big deal is in the eyes of the property owner, and perhaps the facing residents who might also be disturbed....I love Mx2's sprinkler idea!

Maybe they should just buy the kid one of his own! Ya can get 'em at Walmart for pretty cheap

I liked the sprinkler idea too!

This kid is only 7, right? Is he being supervised outside when its dark out and the motion detector light is illuminating the neighbors yard? I think its disrespectful that his parents would allow him to do this but I don't think its the child's fault for being curious and enjoying the activity. He should, however, be taught that its inpolite and its not something he should be doing. He's old enough to know this and understand it at his age but he needs to be taught it first