It's a noisy kids outside one

You could always take my neighbours who spend almost every summer weekend outside, playing music and talking until well after 1am

Headphones in and it doesn't disturb my sleep at all

When my friends and I screamed once during a race or something in the street when I was a kid in the 80s, loads of people came out of their houses to see what the racket was

I think at the moment I could forgive it. Saturday night and the first time the weather has been nice in a long time.

I wouldn’t have. I did what I was told by my parents.

There’s a child living somewhere near me, a preteen boy by the sound of his voice, but when he plays football in his garden, he just bellows non-stop. Everything he says is delivered in an urgent yell as if he’s coaching a premier league team and it grates on me more than I can say.

To be honest, it's nice to know that kids are still playing out with each other. It seems to happen less and less.

I never would have been allowed to make noise at that time of night annoying my neighbours.

Well...this is Mumsnet after all. Not sure why people who whinge about not liking children would be here 🤷

Read the post - i said it applied to adults/lawnmowers etc....

My estate is like this and I feel like such a Scrooge but I hate it so much. Can't have my window open cos they're so loud and it's bloody boiling 🤣

How would noisy adults at a bbq or other gathering not also ruin a quiet night in? I would not expect all outside noise to stop at 9pm on a weekend, I'd say 11pm is the cutoff.

From a noise perspective, inside on their iPad is much better than outside screaming and annoying the neighbours

Yeah I don't understand the screaming either.

If any one of my friends would have done that we would have been shocked 😂
Pretty sure that isn't allowed in school playgrounds still?

What are they screaming at?
There is a little girl near me who screams all day long as part of her normal play and other neighbouring children all around who scream all day.
Seemingly no one ever tells them not to..

No you are not unreasonable. I am all for children playing outside and enjoying their childhood. In our estate there are many children who play outside in big groups. But there are 2 who absolutely stand out because they are constantly screaming and have to be louder than anyone else. The parents clearly don’t care about the noise levels affecting others because it’s the same families who have no qualms about waking half the neighbourhood late at night, or on bank holidays when they decide to start noisy building work before 8am. It’s just part of todays selfish and entitled people.

I can’t stand unnecessary noise, actually I can barely stand necessary noise and I’m often irritated by my neighbours kid being loud outside in the evening. I also have a toddler I’d like to stay asleep. But then I kind of think it’s summer, it’s really light, they’re just kids having fun and letting off steam. Plus they are outside, not stuffed in a room staring at iPads. Especially this year as the weather has been so bad. I think you need to just let it ride out. In a few years time it will be my son who wants to be in the garden at 9pm.
but yeah, it’s pretty annoying too.

A quiet night in?
Not saying children shouldn't/can't be outside having a ball, just that there are social conventions/unspoken understandings amongst neighbours and communities re such noises (lawnmowers/adults/dogs/etc) and acceptable times
Manners

What are they ruining that noisy adults enjoying themselves outside wouldn't?

Gawd, another 'children come first, first, first, and bugger it if they are antisocial and ruin it for the adults'

People are so miserable. There's just 2/3 months of a year where kids and adults can be out, play out till late.

I think whatever time is appropriate for adult noise at a bbq is also appropriate for child noise.

Yes my child played out but they were also taught to be respectful of neighbours and not be loud for no reason and yes, I would have been told if they were told off if annoying the neighbours

I read this thread straight after the Cornwall prom thread, and having just read about the absolutely ridiculous secondary school policies these kids may have to endure / are enduring.. I think leave them alone, let them play.

Far better to see them playing outside anyway than stuck in front of video games.

When I was a kid in Spain we would be having another evening meal at 10pm and riding our bikes round the town square/ playing on the beach until midnight

I think if it’s still light outside then let them get on with it. What about adults who are so noisy long in to the evening during summer?

I was brought up with DM telling us we had to whisper in the garden!!
Sad!

Most kids don’t make that much noise ime. My grandad used to describe normal kid noise as sceaming and screeching, when in reality he just hated that he could hear children at all. He was very intolerant of any noise.

When one of my kids were 10 ish, they were in our garden chatting and laughing at about 9pm with a couple of friends who were staying over. Our neighbour actually knocked the door and told us they shouldn’t still be outside and should be asleep. 🤪 She also said they were screaming. They were not. Some people are just very intolerant or sensitive to any noise and exaggerate. The best thing we ever did was move to have no neighbours.