To wish the kids outside would not be so f**king loud??

[AngeloMysterioso]

I live on the 4th floor of a U-shaped block of flats, with a rudimentary playing area at the back. Every evening the kids from the building play out there, and they make so much noise it drives me and DP to distraction. Not just regular kids playing noise, they really yell and scream. It's a lovely evening and we're sat here with all our windows and balcony door shut because it's the only way to get some peace- and we can still hear them! It's like this every evening in summer, worse at the weekends, tonight they won't STFU until about 10pm.

And apart from making an absolute racket, they leave a complete mess out there as well, there's been a broken goal post out there for most of the week, bikes left lying all over the place, the flower beds are long gone because they trample all over them.

AIBU to think their parents ought to teach them to have a bit more respect for their surroundings?

YANBU

I really can't understand why so many kids now screech (properly screech) when they play.

Do they have somewhere else nearby to go? I agree playing-out kids are loud but really, we were annoying too, we just don't remember it that way.

There's an enormous playing field at the end of the road, but all the proper playgrounds are about a 5 min walk away- I suppose their parents may not want them going that far.

I know I wasn't this loud when I was a kid- my Mum would've given me an absolute hiding! But I suppose we didn't play directly outside people's homes either.

YANBU. That would drive me mad, especially if it's frequent.

My DS is only 2, but has been taught to be respectful of others. When we play in our back garden he knows not to shout, and scream, as not to disturb our elderly neighbours either side of our house.

(For anyone who thinks I don't allow my DS to make any noise - he isn't forced to be mute. We talk, play and laugh - just being mindful of others around us).

I sympathise, OP.

I live next to a brook with a little (metal) bridge over it.

Not only do people RUN across it causing BOOOOOOOM noises they congregate and talk so fucking loudly ... gives me rage. But what can you do?

Sympathy though!

Yanbu to wish it, but I don't think there's much you can practically do. The kids in our street all play out and it's great that they do. But they are bloody loud. I think as a person who doesn't have kids it's easy to forget how loud they are. And yes they leave bits of crap, toys in the street etc . The only time I tend to intervene in when they use our wall as a goal, as our windows are a metre or so behind. There is a pocket park literally just at the end of our road, about a minutes walk. They just seem to like our road better. They're not bad kids, they just have slightly laissez faire parents. It chafes me but I try and remember being a kid, and appreciate that they're fairly polite and are playing out like kids should...

Sounds awful-would drive me mad. I need peace and quiet in my home. Only solution really is to move, although I realise it may not be that easy. We were very careful where we bought a property with this being a particular concern!