To think 8:00am is too early to let your kids knock on neighbours doors?

[freddiefrog]

we live in a tiny estate of 8 houses, most of us have kids who play together so our house is a bit like Piccadilly Circus sometimes.

From about 7.30am this morning I can hear one of the neighbours kids out the front, riding their bikes up and down the street, yelling and screeching and generally making a racket

I was up, but not dressed, pottering around downstairs, but kids were still fast asleep when there's a knock on the door - neighbours kids wanting to l know if my kids want to play out. Told them no, they were still asleep and I'd send them out later when they were ready.

They then knock a couple more times until I get fed up and tell them not to knock again.

I don't let my kids out in the back garden until about 9, and certainly not knocking on doors until about 10ish.

It's the holidays so I expect people want to chill a bit in the mornings without hoards of marauding kids knocking on doors

Twirly IMO.

Some of DS's little mates came round for him at 8.30pm the other night. I told them he was in bed. He got ripped to shreds the next day for going to bed "early". He's 5!

no yanbu. DD didnt wake up till 9am this morning and both kids are still not dressed yet . Am trying to get them off the xbox and into the shower!

It seems to be 9am round here. Then every ten minutes after.

My neighbors DS does this and it drives me potty. He also knocks on asking to play at 9.30pm. He's 7 and I really don't care that its the hols, they're not paying out at that time unless we're out somewhere!
Have a word with parents maybe, stress that your dc's don't get up as early as theirs do.

God,I think you were very restrained not to tell them off the first time!!! I so would have done,but then,I am a grump!
My kids wanted to go out this morning at 8 am. I told them no way,we don't want to disturb those lucky people that get to sleep past 7!
Between 9-10 is ok to play out,but... (mine are too young to knock anyway) I wouldn't let them call for anyone before 11.
Consideration!

My DD is up around 6.30/7am on week days, as we give DP a lift to work so I can have car.

But I don't let her knock on anyone's door before 10am. In fact, she once knocked on the neighbour's just after this time, to be told their child wasn't dressed.

So yes, I agree. Too early.

My dd has a friend who does this. Its the holidays & my dd loves her lie ins. Shes still sleeping now.

U think the parents would look out their window see my curtains shut & tell their dc not to knock.

Thanks!

I have had words with neighbour about this before, she thinks it's perfectly reasonable.

My kids sleep in if they don't have to get up. They finally rolled out of bed at 9.30am. Had breakfast and are now lolling around in their PJs for half an hour with CBBC. I'll send them up to get dressed and do something constructive in a little while. They just want to chill a bit in the mornings.

Neighbour's kids are early birds, they're up and at it at 6am every morning so she inflicts them on the rest of us.

Not much I can do about the playing out, but I don't want them knocking on my door at 8am. It makes the dog bark (otherwise I'd just ignore the door) and I just want to mooch around with a cup of tea and generally make the most of the peace and quiet before the chaos starts.

We have a very squeeky (despite copious amounts of WD40) trampoline so during the week I don't let them out there, or out the front, until 9am, 10am at the weekend and unless the other kids are already out, they're not allowed to knock for anyone. I don't think it's fair to disturb the other neighbours - especially the ones without kids, they are massively out numbered and cheerfully put up with quite a lot as it is

And yes, hate knocking at 9pm too.

oh, and the screaming!!!!

There's 2 out there screaming at the moment. Pack it in!!

I don't mind shouting, squealing, giggling, etc, but out and out screaming???

Aarrrgggghhhh!

I usually love the fact that the kids have friends and it's safe to play out, I seem to have got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning

YANBU.

Yanbu, mine are never up at 8.00 in the holidays. I'd hate to have people knocking so early. They get up quite late and don't go outside for a while after that.

People are much too uptight around here to go randomly knocking on doors.

10am-6pm and go home for lunch, I'm not feeding you.

Years of training ensure the girl next door knows the rules.

I know she's bored to tears, brought up by elderly, disinterested relatives, but there is only so much I can stand.

YANBU 8am is way too early.

way to early. Me and DC are not even dressed yet :) we may not even get dressed as its raining on and off so doing as little as possible after a very busy weekend

Too early. You need to tell the kids not to knock before nine (or whatever time suits you)t if their parents won't.

Def. too early. I have 2 early risers (6.30 latest) and mine aren't allowed in the street/calling for friends before 10am and after 8pm. They come in at 8 at the latest for bed.

DSS2 (6) isn't allowed out to knock for friends before 9.30am (the doors have to be locked to stop him from sneaking out to do this at god knows what unearthly hour); his bedtime is 8pm in the hols. Last night, his friends knocked at 8.30pm to ask if he was coming back out to play - one of the group of boys is only about 3.

Far too early. Even if you are up at 7 chances are you wouldn't have had breakfast and got showered and dressed bu then. I would say around 9.30 - 10 is reasonable.