And lo, the screaming in gardens has started

[Lludmilla]

Kids have been off school 1.5 days. That didn't take long, did it??

(And yes, I know this is a polarising topic on here, but today I'm really struggling to wfh due to constant screaming from kids playing in gardens. And no, I don't mean shouting or laughing or giggling, none of which I'd have a problem with... I mean full-on, top-of-the-lungs screaming.)

I get that we have to make allowances/keep things in proportion etc etc at a time like this, I really do. I also get that it's nice that we at least have some sunshine during all this, and I think it's great that kids can play in their gardens. But the SCREAMING. It's like this every single year in my street as soon as the sun dares to show its face, it gets to me and makes it hard to concentrate on work, and sometimes I need to vent even though I know I'm likely to get a pasting for it.

Surely it can't just be me?

Screaming and shrieking is awful! The shitty parents on here who don’t realise that need to wake up and smell the coffee. I like how some of the parents are saying “I don’t like the noise either” well hello, they are your children so give them a bit of parenting!!! I hope you all get lumbered with neighbours exactly like you. Playing noises are fine of course, we are talking about screaming and shrieking.

I see your screamers and raise you, a squeaky trampoline, and teenagers, neither of which are mine

Ugh there’s a family sort of diagonally behind us - not sure which house
The screaming is awful. It’s not playing it’s literally screaming. All day.

They’ve had friends round by the sounds of it

And the bonfires !! It’s like they think Ahh nice day - let’s have a fire

Our swings were horribly squeaky (really really bad) so I found some oil spray to stop it, to save our neighbours ears.

Maybe you could oil spray the trampoline springs under cover of darkness? Or stick a note to a bottle of oil and chuck it over the fence? 😬

Someone near us was setting off fireworks last night. Seriously, why? Screaming kids sucks but I’d take most things over late night fireworks.

Am I the only one that thought read this and the screaming would be from the parents?

Sorry Timetospare, I’ll try to keep my bowls of despair down tomorrow 😬

🤦‍♀️

Howls. HOWLS of despair.

Better a bowl of despair than a bowel of despair, I think? Urgh.

I think that’s a symptom for which you’d need to self isolate.

You’ll find some are wfh and managing to stop their dc’s from screeching.

If it’s fine, then tomorrow all you suffering listening this, whilst wfh and keeping your own children quiet. Go into your gardens. Open the windows and screech at the top of your lungs.

It’s endlessly barking dogs round our way.

SinkGirl - we heard fireworks recently too! What’s that all about?

Our neighbours children used to scream, we couldn’t really use our lovely garden because of it (even the DC found it too earsplitting). Haven’t bothered buying new garden furniture as it won’t be used due to noise.

I’m not even so worried about my own discomfort at the noise now that the older boy (8ish) just seems to beat up the younger one (5ish) and neither parent apprehends him. It’s world war three over there with the younger one being pushed over, whacked in the face, kicked etc. These are ‘nice’ middle class parents. I do suspect there could be ASD involved but even still, it’s not right for the little one to cop it so badly, is it?

I’m more worried for him now as the little one doesn’t even have school as a respite.

Those aren't fireworks.

Those are the distress flares from all the households where someone had gone to the toilet then realised there were no toilet roll left.

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Oops that’ll be my kids screaming whilst I am working out of reach to catch up

Has anyone suggested "scream back" yet?

It worked on neighbour with noisy dog, after a few evenings barking back he got the message.

I am not even joking.

if you lived near us you'd be hearing live music all day as we are musicians.

Devlesko. Are you serious? Because you’re musicians you play live music all day? Does being musicians excuse you from having any consideration for your poor neighbours? I’m afraid you might find your instrument shoved up your arse sideways if you lived next to me and subjected me to your music all day.

I'd rather the screaming to the bloody power tools/leaf blowers/chainsaws any day.

Oh, how I sympathise, OP. Used to have neighbours (thankfully now gone) whose kids were so often on the trampoline, and one of them was constantly doing that very high-pitched screaming. (I don’t mean the normal noise of children playing.)

That sort of screaming is a babyish habit IMO - babies learn to do it soon enough and we have to put up with it, but older children can learn to play without. My own had to learn once they were old enough - it would set my teeth on edge and make me murderous!

I feel sorry for all of us - being stuck at home is shit. Close your windows and put some music on.

Me and my siblings did not scream all the time when we were young. Our parents would not let us and we took notice of our parents.

If a child falls over I understand they may scream. If they get really excited they may scream or screech. The 6 year old girl next door doesn't seem to be able to be in the garden with screaming and screeching non stop. If she does stop to talk then the talking is more like shouting.

She is in the back garden and I am at the front of the house with the back door shut, windows closed and tv on and can still hear her.

If my dogs bark while in the garden I bring them in. I am considerate so why aren't my dozy neighbours?

According to the parents there is nothing wrong with the girl. I don't see how constant screeching and talking at the top of her voice is normal.

Last summer she was literally making a racket from 9am until 8pm or later. I had a splitting headache every day

Mines a screamer 😳 I don't know why he does it he just sort of runs round and starts screaming, he is 5. I'm also trying to WFH and and a key worker so am also using emergency school when I need to go in to the community for an hour or two then picking DS up.

I've asked that he not scream, but I think it's his possible ADHD. He just seems to have some sort of sensory overload in the garden and keeps screaming.

I apologise if you live near me 🙈