Shrieking child next door ALL DAY LONG! WWYD

I wouldn't say anything tbh. I don't mind hearing children being happy in the daytime, I don't know when we came to expect silence all the time. It will change soon enough, when he grows up and goes to school. Is he going to nursery next week?

Slowly, slowly catchy monkey.

Have you welcomed them? I think I’d start by dropping round a bunch of flowers or some sweets for the kid. “Just wanted to say hello and welcome to the street. Sorry it’s been a while, I’m really busy with work”. Suggest coffee, bring up that you wfh and try to steer the conversation in the right direction. If they’re reasonable people, they’ll listen.

If they’re not, I fear there’s not much you can do.

Yes you can ask them. Being a toddler doesn't mean you get to rue the roost and having a toddler is not a free pass for parents to unleash their child on everyone else.

My daughter used to have almighty tantrums lol. It made me a much better teacher, having been a parent. If you know what I mean.

No not at all - sorry it if came over badly. I know as teachers (I am one myself) it’s easy to be frustrated with poorly behaved children but having my own DS has been humbling in that sense! I remember when he was two he decided he wanted another child’s toy, removed from the situation, went back, tried to distract him, nope, ended up having to take him away as he screamed and hysterically tried to fight his way out of my arms to get at this toy and I don’t think this was behaviour out of the ordinary for a two year old.

Now, he’s three, approaching four and I could reason with him. He’d accept (stroppily probably but he would accept) ‘no, that’s Oliver’s toy, leave it.’

DS wasn’t very verbal until he was closer to three though: his language development followed a broadly ‘normal’ trajectory but I know a lot of children (mostly girls) who were a lot more sophisticated and able to use language far more clearly than DS aged two. So maybe that makes a difference. I just know my own DS had some pretty epic tantrums at 2 and luckily we don’t have neighbours but if we did I would have had to apologise profusely!

Yeah but it's their child lol

My 2 year old makes a crying type sound when he’s really enjoying playing 🤷‍♀️ but we’re not always playing sometime we just sit a watch tv in silence. I’d assume there’s nothing wrong with them and say can they try and calm him down.

No problem 😊 it felt a bit like you'd gone to the trouble of looking at my other posts to prove I was wrong but I maybe misinterpreted the tone of your post.

Yes, I agree that some noise is to be expected when you live in a built up area or have neighbours. Consideration and understanding on both sides make good neighbourly relations.

Some cultures parent children differently. We have fanily friends where the mum
was Japanese and a friend was a nanny for a time to them (4 boys). They’d let their DC around on tables with sharp knives and when the friend asked about safety it was “it’s fine in Japan” so she couldn’t do anything. I think she left earlier in the end.

My little boy verbally stims, not all day every day but a lot. I don’t find it frustrating unless he’s doing because he’s sad which is rare; it’s more a happy thing he does. Anyway, it comes and goes - it’s usually a phase but it comes back round the level of ‘severity’ it is. There’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. My husband can be quite sensitive to the noise when it’s through the night. It’s not always enjoyable 🥺.

I’m not stalking your posts. I was on your other thread It isn’t stalking to remember a username.

You can and should show consideration and this goes both ways: one party should try to reduce the noise where possible and one should recognise that children, especially very young children, are often difficult to manage in this sense. It’s like crying babies, complete pain but often there is not much you can do.

Why can't there be balance? I have a problem preteen next door (not ND as far as I know). If his parents spent some time with him instead of leaving him at a loose end all the time, maybe he wouldn't be a problem for neighbours?

I accidently figured out a noise he hates though so, when he gets to be too much, I make the noise and he retreats inside immediately. Don't have to do it often though.

This is screaming noise not kids playing noise.I have my neighbours kids playing outside with music and of course I accept this. Would I accept screaming 24/7 - not at all.I would get the situation checked out by the police and social services.

Why is the answer to screaming kids disturbing neighbours always that the neighbour needs to disrupt their own lives to pander to shit parenting?
It's ludicrous.

it can be depending on the loudness and duration. Children at play no, constant screaming maybe. It does also depend on the council.

The mother not learning English is disgraceful

Get a grip

That's not what quiet enjoyment means - that relates to a tenant's right to love in their rental property without interference from the landlord.

You can still try and raise it with the council under noise control but unless it's outside the hours of 7am - 11pm you won't get anywhere...

Exactly!

I am retired and also wouldn’t like having to hear that level of noise and not be able to sit in my garden and enjoy it.

I have experienced this too. Situation only ended when the parents split up and Mum moved out. Now when the kids are there with dad the noise level is normal.

I also imagine those who complain about children playing in their garden are the types who tut about the fact that children are stuck inside on computer games...

I always thought that noise from children was not considered a noise nuisance by local councils? I could be wrong

I haven't said this.