To think kids screaming at soft play was not on

[Dippydippydora]

Ah it's soft play you say of course there will be kids screaming and I would have thought the same reading a thread with that title
So- I took my DS son to a party that was at a soft play so of course loads of kids running around and making a noise etc which is the be fully expected
But my goodness there was a group of 4 girls i would say between the ages of about 5 and 7 in there that screamed like they were being murdered. It was ear splitting and literary every 20 seconds or so. When ever they wanted each others attention this scream would ring out like a banshee. Then screaming as they ran round at many points it was scream scream scream scream one after another.
People visibly winced at the tables it was so loud, and quite a few people looked towards the parents but maybe they are so used to it they zoned out by now.
One little boy came out crying saying he was scared with all the screaming, at this point a member of staff did go over and ask the girls if they could keep it down a bit as they were scaring some of the the younger ones. They quietened down for all of 5 minutes and it stared again.

I never thought I would start I thread about excess noise at soft play but I have never heard anything like it.

yet again...parents that don't give a shit,as long as their kids are happy,fuck anyone else's feelings.

Thing is you expect what I call squealing and general loudness rather than outright screaming.

I was all prepared to say YABU, but if it's bad enough for staff to mention, then it has to be really OTT.

YANBU. Fair enough kids are kids, but I can't abide that bloody screeching.

YANBU but I think that nowadays, screaming as a way of showing pleasure is all over popular culture and kids seem to be picking up on this. I cringe watching programmes like Strictly as grown adults screech en masse to show they’re pleased with the performances or the scores. What happened to clapping or saying well done? Maybe I’m just getting old.....

Oh I'd have told them off. No need for high-pitched screaming unless in danger.

In every softplay there is always a screechy kid, a gang of girls, a gang of boys, a mean kid, a peacemaker kid, an unaccompanied toddler in the big area and a rampaging big kid in the toddler area. It's just how it is, those places are like Lord of the Flies with added ball pits.

But no, YANBU. Noise is expected at softplay but I know if it was my DC screeching to the point of annoying people that I would be telling them to pack it in or get their coats on to go.

I agree little pleasures that adults seem to be screaming on shows like Strictly so kids prob see this and think it's ok