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?

Oh look, other people in the world, not just meeeee, who knew? Buy some headphones. It's annoying but these are trying times for everyone.

Calling me thick is no substitute for a proper argument or well articulated point of view.
I'm inclined to agree, however there's pages of people saying they have no issue with normal, reasonable children playing noise. There's pages of people saying loud screaming and shouting is inconsiderate and unreasonable. And there's pages of you insisting that people should accept shouting/screaming as the norm, even though it quite clearly isn't otherwise towns and estates up and down the country would be deafening to live in.

If someone is insisting something is normal when it quite clearly isn't and pages later they're still defending inconsiderate behaviour there's no need for insults but it does get to the point where there's little point having a discussion. In this case your children are being taught that it's acceptable to be loud, inconsiderate, make a racket because it's fun, just like you did as a child, and in turn they'll probably end up teaching their children it's totally acceptable to shout and scream and make a racket with zero concern for others as well.

You'll be looking forward to the quiet then, Lola, once the reality hits home.

Actually quite disgusted with this thread. Didn't this country score really low on child happiness a little while ago? Funny that

Parenting children doesn't make them unhappy.

An active engaged parent who teaches them socially appropriate behaviour in a developmentally appropriate way gives children the security and guidance they need to feel happy and secure.

If you can't teach your children not to scream without making them miserable, you probably need some parenting support.

What a smug, sneery message.

You'll be looking forward to the quiet that will come, as well.

Well said Poppinjay!

@nomdefuckit no point in trying to have an intelligent conversation with you. You are insistent that you are right.

I pity your neighbours. I also actually pity your child that you don't know how to bring them up properly and teach them about respect for others and endless unnecessary screaming is never necessary.

Enjoy your chasing games (I assume that is what you meant) while your neighbours curse you

Lynsey when the children get over the excitement of unexpected time off school and start to realise it will be weeks, months before they see their friends, will have other children to play with, won't see their grandparents, cousins for ages, when grandparents start dying, then as I say, the children may well get quiet. Some of course will die.

That's all something to look forward to. How do you feel about children crying though? That can be very loud and very annoying. Someone upthread said that is s sound they welcome, more than screening.

@BeetrootRocks children crying is different. They don't, normally, cry for hours on end day after day do they? Well I guess a baby might and years ago my neighbour then had a baby that did. I worked at the time so only heard it morning, evenings and weekends. Yes it was annoying but I just felt so sorry for the mum.

I get that children, especially girls, will scream sometimes when playing but not all day. I am not exaggerating she screams, screeches and occasionally talks at the top of her voice literally all day from early morning to evening. Her parents don't even tell her to quieten down. Mind you the mum talks so loudly I can hear her plainly when I am indoors a lot of the time. She also shouts a lot

'BeetrootRocks children crying is different. They don't, normally, cry for hours on end day after day do they? '

Well with what's coming some of them might, yes.

A modicum of hope for you, there.

You'll be looking forward to the quiet then, Lola, once the reality hits home
I don't understand what your point is.

For the millionth time, I have zero issue with entirely normal and reasonable noise.

I don't think it's reasonable for parents to allow their children to make a racket, scream and shout.

You, and some other posters, seem to be insisting that anyone perfectly happy with reasonable and typical childhood play noise is demanding quiet from children. We aren't.

Right now I can hear one neighbour mowing their lawn, another couple of houses with children playing and a couple of dogs that are being walked having been cooped up. None of that bothers me at all.

We live in a family area with lots of typical family noise and funnily enough don't have lots of shouting and screaming. When I walk my dogs and go through different areas, I don't hear lots of shouting and screaming. It's almost like most people understand reasonable noise levels.

My point is that the children are likely to quieten down as the reality of this situation kicks in and time in lockdown stretches on.

Something to look forward to.

Oh shut up seriously ??

Seems a theme on this thread that people want others to be silent.

Certainly we can anticipate that children will quieten down as this unfolds.

Whooooooppppppp!!!!!

No point trying to have a reasoned discussion or put forward your argument with someone who argues their case with a whooooop.

And as for that argument about a nationwide child silence?

Come back with your proof of this when it happens. We are all dealing with this crisis. We are all affected. Some are quietly trying to manage. Screaming isn’t helping.

'And as for that argument about a nationwide child silence?

Come back with your proof of this when it happens. '

I won't need proof you will hear it.

Who said whooop and to what.

Oh I see, someone who said they were going to play catch in the garden with their child.

What a pair of cunts.

Yup.

Look at what we are saying will you?

Yes.

I have read what you are all saying and trying to bring hope to people, that I suspect it will get quieter for the reasons I have outlined.

Hope? Are you saying you are trying to bring hope?

With talk of a national silence?

All people wish for is consideration. It is not selfish or unreasonable to ask for the screaming to stop - unless of course someone has underlying issues.

You crack on and say it is ok and that we will prefer it to silence. I do not wish misery on any child and have no doubt some will struggle. But enough of the screaming.

Screaming chills my bones. I’ve explained why. And I’ve no doubt I can sleep with ‘normal noise’. I can’t rest with screaming.

I hate the sound of kids mindlessly screaming and shouting for hours on end. I really hate it and I think the parents who let their kids do it are awful and lazy

They need to shut them the fuck up.

I don't let my child scream incessantly. She can play loudly and get excited but screaming at the top of lungs for the hell of it... no way.

People need peace.

Are they awful and lazy if they're out there chasing them about?