To think not stopping your child screaming out the window is rude?

[Pippinintherain]

The house we back on to has a child who stands at an open window and screams, top of her voice for hours.

We've been woken up at between 5 and 6 am at least 3 times a week by it and yesterday afternoon she stood there for 2 hours doing it.

No-one tells her to stop, she is about 7ish but has some LD. I know it isn't her fault but surely you would move her away or encourage her to do something else.

We sleep with the window closed and earplugs in yet it still wakes us up.

I feel a right bitch for being irritated but grrrr.

Flame away.

I am not always aggressive, incidentally, but it scares me that you are advocating calling SS behind the parents backs, tbh.

They are mean there then. If The house is council (which mine isn't) you get loads of modifications to the house.

If it isn't there are charities etc that SS can help you apply to, such as Familiy fund or smaller charities in your local area.

ah our house is not council so maybe that was it.

But still I think it is the parents job to call SS if they want to, and not a well-meaning neighbour.

Learning Difficulties.
You are finding it stressful and annoying to listen to, but as has already been pointed out, many who live with children with additional needs have it 24/7 and wouldn't choose to put up with it if there was an alternative.
Bit like all those threads on screaming and crying babies, and how you'd like to stop them.
Rude is an odd choice of words though.

Oops just realised that the (which mine isn't) could come across as me being a bit snobby. I'm not I'm housing association! Sorry! I just meant that even if it isn't council SS can still help you find ways to sort out modifications

i didn't see you as snobby

Fanjo have you tried family fund then?

no, i don't think we are eligible, fortunately DD is not climbing out of window yet..just all over our worktops

And yes I'd agree with fanjo about not calling SS but maybe you could let the parents know that this might help if they are people you speak to often?

Yes, I'd be surprised if the parents didn't know that already but it can't hurt :)

Oh dear :( yeah I forget that FF is for people on low incomes... I did get a SN buggy from a charity when I was teaching though, so maybe you could look into that route?

BunBaker I'm reading it as language delay because afaik learning disability is no longer used as a term.

i would call the local childrens disability team(ss) they probably already know the family and might be able to speak to them.

Learning disability is still used as a term. There's a whole team here called the 'learning disability nurses'

I really don't think you should call SS without talking to the family about it.

I would be horrified if someone did that to us.

Freebirds, sometimes the jargon takes time to catch up with the humans. For example, it is now supposed to be ASC not ASD, but the majority still use the second acronym.
OP, what did you mean by LD?

i would imagine the OP meant "learning difficulties"

It's very difficult to give any advice when the only fact we have is a screaming child.

We don't even know if it's a two storey house or a bungalow, if she's got her head out the fan light or hanging out. Or if she does actually have some LDs. Whether the parent/s are educated (cant think of another word), they may have never had her properly assessed. The child might have something that is easily controlled by medication. It might be a case of the night terrors. Parents might be hearing impaired. Whole barrel of 'might be's'.

I'm no great advocate of SS - the one time I've needed them I have found them spectacularly useless. I do realise some people find them invaluable though. In this instance I would call them.

Really Dozy ? I'm in Ireland and the term is no longer used or accepted in the local school or health clinics in my area.

But why would you call SS before speaking to the parents?

Yeah it's used here all the time. I'm in England.

I can't imagine how you could approach the parents about it.
and I live in the sn world.

would you really not mind if someone called SS behind your back rather than speaking to you though?

Thank you. It must be awful for the parents to listen to every day, but am surprised that the window isn't fastened so that their daughter can't open it.

Yes we also use ASC not ASD. I think they are dropping negative sounding words such as disability,disorder etc.