Tolerance of little kids

[madeyemoodysmum]

I fully aware I’m unreasonable but since my kids hit 10 and older my tolerance of little kids is sooooo low.

Currently my neighbors kids is screeching and I want to shout ‘shut up for the love of god’.

Ahhhhhhhggggggggg

I need a big house in the country with NO neighbours

Please tell me I’m not alone. .

You're not alone. We have older (20s) DCs and friends keep saying, 'Bet you can't wait to be grandparents...'

Yes. Yes, I can. I have very little tolerance of small children now and have no real desire to spend time with them. I'm just beginning to enjoy my freedom

Thank you!!

I think I would enjoy grandparent hood as you get to hand them back.

I ask myself was I this unaware of how noisy little ones are when mine were little.

I know I kept them as quiet as possible in public but in my own home No wonder my childless neighbours moved away!!! They stayed 10 years so hopefully not so bad.

I totally agree! Since my Dd hit adulthood (16 years ago now) my tolerance of very young children,or to be more precise,the noise they make,has taken a drastic nose dive. I sometime ponder just how it is possible for something so very small to make so much god damn noise!

I'm with you there OP. Small children irritate and bore me. (Except my niece and nephew who are brilliant!... but even a few hours of them is enough!)

I think the main problem is people with young children often assume that other people find their offspring and lovely and delightful as they do. And if you in anyway say or imply that you don't like said children, you're labelled mean.

Mine are only 6 & 8 but I'm still not a fan of toddlers, at all 😳

I just don't like other people's children. I've never even held anyone else's baby! I have zero interest in other kids. I struggled to understand when I had each of my children why people wanted to hold them. It actually made me really angry and upset I mean why take my new baby out of my arms (yes I'm a weirdo)

How sad. We were all babies and toddlers once, and hopefully people looked on us kindly. I'm very fortunate to be a grandparent now and I love every minute I spend with my DGC. They're aged from 4 months to 5.5 years and are such extraordinary little people.

I think if you have small children it's so noisy all the time you're immune to it! I do have small children but I don't really like other people's

I have a 3 & a 4 year old. They are ridiculously noisy. I still have extremely limited tolerance for other small children 😬😬

I hear you OP

For the past 4 hours there have been screams from two gardens . Its hellish . Not even a great day weatherwise here today so hoping it rains soon .

Mine are 8 & 9. I struggle with kids below 10, including my own 😬

Children seem to shriek constantly now for some reason. I'd have been hauled in and told to be quiet if I'd gone about shrieking. Obviously if they have SN that's one thing, but why do so many children feel the need to do this? I'm autistic and I find it close to unbearable.

your own grandchildren are different surely.

Would you enjoy a strangers or neighbours kid shouting all day or in a public place?

Not that I imagine it's fun to listen to if you aren't autistic.

I'd have been hauled in and told to be quiet if I'd gone about shrieking.

Me too. The kids in my street range from around 4 to 10 and they all stand on the grassy patch outside my flat and scream like banshees for hours - during the holidays they do it until after 11pm on weekdays

My mum would have gone off her head and taken us back indoors if we’d done that.

I don't think little kids are that noisy? Perhaps i dont notice. I'm the opposite tbh. When I see cute toddlers I just want to grab them and bite their squishy legs! But I do generally like children. Never understood the whole MN horror of "other people's children". Most children are lovely.

Oh no are you my neighbour!

I don't blame you though. I always do feel guilty for my attached neighbours who have to endure small children noise. It's the reason why I've never complained about their teens banging doors and swearing at their parents in the street and smoking weed in the garden, although I think that might actually be the mum. In fact when my neighbour asked if her older son who's particularly loud disturbs us, I pretended I'd never heard him even though I have. Swings and roundabouts!

I'm happy to listen to a bit of yelling and some squeals btw. Sometimes it's nice to hear them having fun but unless they have SN, are losing copious amounts of blood or are being taken by the Child Catcher, there's no need for them to scream.

I normally find a good set of ear plugs do the trick.😂😂😂😂

I have a two year old. It still find other little children annoying (to be fair mine is quite annoying on occasion too 😂.)

I find groups of teens equally annoying though, especially when they're in a public place and behaving with no consideration for anyone, shouting, swearing, littering, barging past, throwing things etc. I need my own little island.

I absolutely don't think you are unreasonable for thinking it, as i did before my son, if I'm honest I'm still not a massive fan of other peoples. It good that you are tolerant and don't shout it as obviously you don't know what they are going through.

But yes a house out in the country is definitely the answer for us.

I get about 5 to 6 hours sleep on an average night. My children are 15 and 18.

Happy playing noises are ok but it’s the screeching and shouting that drives me nuts.

My parents house is near a nursery. The kids there literally all scream constantly for the entire time they play outside. I remember rushing to the window thinking they were being attacked by a mad ax man or something the first time I heard it.