What time is best to wait until to let your kids play in the garden?

[ObiJuanKenobi]

Our dc have just turned 2 and since the weather has brightened up love being in the garden playing.
One of them woke up at 430 this morning and has been asking non stop to go in the garden and is now having a mighty tantrum about it but I think it's not fair on our neighbours to have kids playing noisily in the garden early in the morning and they should wait until 9, DP thinks they can go and play now.

What time is reasonable?

I couldn't care less about the neighbours this is my children's home!

By that logic I could have parties until 4am every night because it's not my neighbours' home, it's mine. But I don't, because I'm a massive twat.

On Mumsnet there is a subsection of people who think the world should revolve around small children, and so early mornings are fine because children are awake then anyway, but noise after 7pm is beyond the pale. It would be interesting to see how they feel about that once the very short period of their life (max 10 years?) where it directly benefits them passes.

6:30 I got woken by the kids behind us this morning. Nice.

9am weekdays and 10am weekends if I got woken up by screaming kids before 10am at the weekends I’d be livid

I think 8 is reasonable. Maybe a bit later on the weekends. It bothers me more when my neighbours kids all decide to come out to play at 6:30pm and are still out there (usually playing in my front garden ) until gone 8pm some nights and my kids are trying to go to sleep!

Not before 8. I’d have a grumble if it was 8am but I think that’s ok.

8 weekdays, 7:30 at a stretch.
Weekends are trickier as a lot of people are still asleep at 9... So would say 9 as long as they play quietly, for ex sandpit but not ball games / screaming etc. If they are loud then 10 at the earliest.

We've agreed to not before 8 on the weekdays and 9 weekends, we are quite lucky that we can walk to the beach in about 10 minutes so on days where they are super early risers we can head down there and not bother anyone.

Enjoy the sunshine ☀️

9am.

7.30 weekdays and 8 on a weekend, maybe 8.30

7am on weekdays, not loud play. Our neighbours are both families with young kids. There are no lie ins for any of us!

noise laws here-workers,lawn equipment,chainsaws etc 8am-8pm
ndn lets his screaming yorkies out at 3am if wife is out of town--they scream alllll the time .obnoxious and tiring.kids across the street catch bus at 6am/7am and shriek as well.along with thier dogs.
probably why my staffie rarely barks.she looks at the banshee yorkies and seems so baffled.
most of the others are retired and rise early

9am weekdays & 10am weekends

I would personally not let DD go out before 9am, (this being a weekend). It really depends on your neighbours. I get woken up every morning at 6:30am by my neighbour who starts up his motorcycle... Doesn't really bother me as I'm an early bird (it's also saved me on purchasing an alarm!) All my neighbours either have school age children or are up to go to work, so as other posters have mentioned it really depends on your neighbours...

10am is ridiculously late, and I am not a morning person!! Toddlers especially usually have lunch at 11.30/12ish and then a 1-2hr nap. So if you expect people to keep their kids in until 10, they are only going to get 1.5hrs play in the morning. Especially if you have a persistent early riser who starts the day at 5am, and has already been awake for 5 hours!!

I say 7.30am weekdays, 9am weekends (but if I hear anyone mowing lawns etc before then, my DC is allowed out earlier)

8am weekdays /10am weekends. Later weekday if you have elderly neighbours or anyone that is ill living close to you

I agree with 9am during the week and 10am at weekends. Even if our neighbours are up it doesn't mean they don't want a bit of peace.

I have a friend who doesn't let her kids watch tv but will let them play in the garden at 6.30am. I think being inconsiderate of others is far worse than watching tv! We're all different!

As a child I was never allowed out before 9am, and on weekends and bank holidays it had to be "quiet play" until 10am. Not that we were ever allowed to really scream as kids today seem to be permitted to do!

We were taught to be considerate of neighbours and (for example) if Julie at no.8 was on night shift this week we'd be told to keep the noise down all afternoon and not play directly outside her house. at people who think they can make noise whenever they like just because it's their home!

8am weekdays and nothing earlier than 10am on weekends

I let mine out from 9am on any day. One neighbour has school ahed chikdren so are up and about earlier but the other side is an elderly lady and if i am out putting washing out at 8/8.30 she is in the back of her house having a coffee so i wouldn't them to disturb her.

I would be a bit annoyed if kids were out screeching etc at 7.30 on a weekday, we aren't usually up at that time! I equally think 10am on a weekend is late, it's mid morning!

Round here the lawnmowers start up at 730 and the car washers. My neighbours like to have a full scale argument with colourful language between the 6 of them, every morning at 8am. Better than an alarm clock. I'm more peeved by the late night garden activities.

9 am Mon-Sat, 10 on Sundays, unless you live somewhere with no near neighbours.

Round my way, as soon as kids are out making noise, all the neighbourhood dogs start barking, so it gets really noisy.

10 am on weekends is ridiculous late.

I would let mine out at 7.30. I can't see loads of noise new mad. Kids are walking to and from school at that time. Work has started. The country is awake and making a noise. Let them out 😀

Not sure what that second sentence should say in my last post! Sorry 😀 must be the sun!

What is 10am all about on the weekends? Kids have been at school all week. We don't have long summers. Let your children and and get some sunlight!