to think 10am is an alright time for kids to be out playing on a sunday?

[misdee]

please please tell me the truth.

What do you do about these people ?

We've had the same, abuse shouted over the fence from 2 doors down in the middle of the afternoon because the kids are playing in their own back garden.
I have shouted what an idiot back at the 60 year old bloke who said "whatever" like a teenager when 6 year old responded to his crap complaint with I'm only playing.
I've said to the children ignore them, but they feel intimidated in their own home and come inside and watch TV :(

9am is more than reasonable on a weekend day, let alone 10 fgs.

As long as they aren't having screaming competitions then fine.

Yes it's fine.

I am really sorry some of you have such crap neighbours. YANBU

10 sounds good. I did tell mine they can't use the pool that I put up this summer until midday which annyoyed them, but 10 seems fine for normal playing out.

i think you just have to stand up to these people. explain politely and clearly that children playing at 10am or in their back garden is not unreasonable and swearing at children is offensive.

if you hear them screeching or screaming you will tell them to be quiet.

they may swear at you or slam the door, but the message will get through hopefully. (personally i would send dh... he is v diplomatic and out-friendlies people v well )

I personally quite enjoy hearing children playing out, it's not a nuisance to me. I think constantly screeching/screaming children can be another thing though, so I suppose it depends on what parents define as acceptable levels of noise as to what tolerance neighbours give. Though you will always get neighbours who are a bloody misery with any noise above a whisper.

Swearing at children is almost always unacceptable, no matter what the noise levels btw.

yanbu 10am is mid morning. by then we were in car and on way to soft play

The neighbour was wrong to shout at the girls, let alone swear at them. I would go along later when she's woken up properly and have a word with her. If she isn't reasonable about it, tell her next time, you will call the police.

However, if the girls were playing right outside her house and not yours or theirs they should be told not to. A gaggle of girls makes quite a noise, even if they are behaving and it's not really fair to inflict that on someone without kids if it can be helped is it.

It really depends how much noise they are making. I get a bit meh when neighbours grandkids (toddlers) are jumping around next door and there are accompanying grandparently squeals and coos at 6.30am, but to be honest the noise is not excessive.

It can be a pain in the arse if kids are making a LOT of noise in the mornings, and with a hanogover, patience can be a wee bit thinner, I guess.

[shocked] at 7am if the child is playing noisily!

they were going to knock for their friends who live either side. its a culde sac, and the distance is similar to being 3 doors away.

6.30 way too early even for my lot lol.

little update. someone called ppolice for advice, a pcso came round and said its fine to let the kids out to play. she went to have a word as well with the person who swore at the kids.

so hopefully thats the end of tht

How stressful for you misdee. The level of intolerance towards children is incredible Hope this is the end of it for you..

hope so as well.

pcso said they had been commenting at how they hadnt been called to this street this summer. which says a lot about how thinmgs used to be before now. it was really bad when we moved in, with lots of petty vandelisim etc, but those families have moved on. now its just the little girls aged between 5 and 10 here.

Absolutlely fine. Stupid, rude neighbour should apologise.