To ask to stop your children ‘play’ screaming?

YADNBU

How odd that the parents allow it. If you allow screaming you really can’t complain when no one pays any attention to your child screaming to attract attention in an emergency.

Shrieking is to playing noise, is like an idiot in a souped up car, reving hard with bean can exhausts booming compared to the hum of the rest of the traffic noise.
It's perfectly possible to play in groups and have fun without making piercing noises that disturb or hurt other people.

I wasn't allowed to scream as a child as my mum always said screaming was for an emergency and if I was always screaming, no one would come if I was being hurt... which is a bit dark, but I never forgot that lesson and I didn't scream.

I don't think YABU

Thanks yes the iPad & Nintendo have been thoroughly entertaining apparently I'm bored witless! Have a lovely Easter 🐣

@NaiceUser yes but Easter is usually much later so the summer term is shorter.
Anyway....hope they are enjoying the holiday 🐥🐇

Not really? 9th April - 19th July besides a week's half term. About the same every year.

YANBU. If my kids ever did this when they were younger I'd tell them to stop or come inside. It annoyed me when my own kids did it, let alone other people's. Absolutely unacceptable. Just to be clear I don't mean playing and laughing or even shouting, just screaming for no reason and yes it's usually girls, sorry!

@NaiceUser your children's summer term is gonna be a looooooooong one 🙁

Term ended today for all the schools here

@Needmorelego @Pepsiisbetterthancoke

My DC have been off a week already. Term ended last Thursday 21st

So if the OP had said there was an elderly person having end of life care in a front bedroom you'd suggest moving them presumably ?

Having small children isn't a free pass for anti social behaviour, children need to learn to have consideration for others. We once had neighbours with kids who spent a whole summer squealing on a trampoline and it was excruciating.

The 'someone old' was me - is that because I'm a grandmother?! Anyway, of course you expect noise at a soft-play area but why girls standing in a group shrieking and screaming? Go on, I'm actually interested to know.

It’s not aimed at you specifically, but having consideration for others is basic, I don’t know why you’re so offended by the idea?

They just do!

One starts and then it escalates...

Hi @TheYearOfSmallThings
I appreciate your point but unfortunately I've experienced first hand (and I'm not saying this sarcastically so apologies if it comes across that way), that "it doesn't go without saying".
People who are unable to wfw and benefit massively from wfh are ignored and discriminated against.
It needs saying because the world is largely built for healthy people. In the same way Pregnant Then Screwed has fought tirelessly for the rights of pregnant women (and I applaud this), there needs to be an equivalent for disabled people who face as much discrimination.
This isn't, by the way, saying that I think 'outside' noise should be eliminated. Merely that I think wfh should be acknowledged as something that is hugely beneficial to swathes of society for very real reasons.
Thanks.

I don’t need your advice on parenting thanks.

It’s the reason she finds it so distracting, but do you think those not working enjoy listening to the little angels belt their lungs out? Just have some consideration for others, and teach your children the same, it’s basic parenting.

No, working from home is precisely the point that OP is whining about.

Kids were parented, you made too much noise by screaming as if you were being attacked in the street and you got a bollocking, working from home is irrelevant. Why do you feel so incredibly put out by being expected to have consideration for others?

I went to an attraction yesterday been loads of times it can get busy yesterday it wasn't there was a group of children shrieking like banshees the parents were sat around doing fuck all in the cafe one came running in screaming so loudly I said omg shut the hell up the parent tried glaring but I didn't care SHUT UP I've been at that place when there are over fifty children there they didn't make half the noise this small group of four were fucking SHUT UP and no my children were and are never allowed to make this row because I value my fucking eardrums

I'm blaming tv for some of this specifically lanky box on YouTube all they do is screech

Same here. And my sister who is a teacher in a different part of the country to me is the same

@NaiceUser most schools round my way it's the last day of term today.

I agree, I'm at soft play and the screaming is almost piercing my ear drum.
I have to ask though, are you sure they're doing the school run? It's Easter holidays

@brunettemic

🙄 kids have always been loud, people never used to WFH and now they want everyone to change for them. I live very near 2 primary schools and you can always hear them playing out. OP is being laughably precious about 30 minutes of her day.

Kids can get loud outside, true. But specifically the screaming is a separate issue to the normal calling out to each other.