This summer, the girls have made friends with some of the children in the street, and have been out playing hide and seek, It, stuck in the mud, and races on their bikes. I have my windows open and keep an eye for any naughtiness, bad behaviour (had to tell some kids of ffor throwing stones last week at the BT box, but thats about it). there are about 10 kids, mainly girls between the ages of 5 and 10 out there. They have been playing nicely, no argueing etc.
The weather has been bad the last week or so, so they have played out 2 days this week.
Both days, a man at the bottom of the street has been yelling at them to shut up :(
They arent being excessively loud, but as girls it can get a little high pitched.
Most of the kids arent out before 10am, and most go in at 5-6pm for dinner, and dont go back out.
I have told thwem to play this side of the house, and not go down the bottom of the cul-de-sac where the mans house is. but 2 of their friends are down that end.
i notice he doesnt yell at the teenagers playing football till 10-11 at night, or the ones yelling and running round the street at 2am.
and fwiw, when i moved here, we had a lot of petty vandalism and issues from some kids, involving them pulling down trees and smashing up glass in the street. The girls out there arent doing anything of the sort.
just dont know what to do.