Masked men hurled rocks at the family home of two care workers and slashed the tyres of their car in a attack that left their children traumatised.
The family who have not given their name for fear of reprisals, say they have no idea why they were targeted.
They thought there was an intruder in the home in Eastleigh, Hampshire, when they heard glass smashing.
After rushing into their son and daughter’s room to check on them, they found a broken window and three rocks on their daughter’s bed.
The mum, who only gave her name as Erica, cut her foot on some glass in her rush to check on the children.
She runs a palliative care charity and her husband also works in care, and they have no idea what caused this seemingly co-ordinated attack.
Video footage shows three hooded figures in dark clothing slashing eight tires on the family’s vehicles before taking rocks out of their pockets and aiming them at the windows shortly after 1am on May 11.
Erica described seeing her daughter cry as the ‘worst bit’ of the whole ordeal.
She said: ‘When I went into my daughter’s room, she was crying. If they had hit her head… she’s six years old. My daughter is traumatised.
‘We have lived here for years, we work full time, and we get on well with our neighbours. The only thing I can think of is that they have the wrong ideas.
‘We now don’t feel secure in our own home. If one of us had been sitting downstairs, we would have been significantly hurt.
‘Our daughter wants to know why; all she wants to know is when the police will get the bad guys.
‘We have no idea who these young lads are, to feel they have the right to come and do that to someone’s home.’
Erica told how her daughter had even asked her, ‘Mummy, why would anyone want to hurt my windows?’
Hampshire police are appealing for information and would like to speak to three men in connection with the incident, described as wearing all black and white trainers, whose faces were covered.
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