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?

Adults have been to work all week and would like a lie in. Or they’ve been out the night before and want a lie in. Not all children are up early and want a lie in. Same with teens.

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!

Then take them to the park, or somewhere where they can run around and make as much noise as they want. I do think parents of small children become slightly immune to how loud they can be. Sound travels really easily and I wouldn't be too impressed to be woken up by kids screeching and bouncing around outside.

Or, tell them to play quietly or they come inside. I don't think anyone would object to kids playing quietly in the sandpit or on the swings.

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

Cool - then I can play my guitar at midnight then? have noisy parties ending at 4am? Because it's my home, right?

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!

So take them somewhere they can make as much noise as they want. Or let them have quiet play in the garden?

9am weekdays and 10am weekends. I’m a very early morning person but would think of other people and have some consideration. 7.30 is far too early for outside noisy play. Lots of people don’t need to be up that early, even for work.

Not everyone works 9-5. Many people work shifts so 10 am on a weekend might still be bedtime.
It amazes me how entitled people have become. It's my kids house they can make as much noise as they like, 10 am is ridiculously early etc etc Just because you think like that it may not always seem like that to others. Have we grown up not being courteous to others?
I have never let my kids out early and never let them out too late either. Nothing wrong with being neighbourly.

8 I'd say. All my neighbors have little kids so any time after 6 probs wouldn't disturb anyone!!!

Well consideration for others in my opinion is consideration for the majority, which is why noise restriction applies in most areas between 8pm and 8am. Asking people to make no noise until 10am is ridiculous

If you never want to be disturbed by neighbours, then I suggest you live rurally. And I say that as someone who was regularly kept awake by neighbours having mid week parties until 3am. Yes it pissed me off at the time, but I never said anything as it’s just part of urban living

Heck let him outside, 7.30 is fine! Mine go out before that. I couldn't care less about the neighbours this is my children's home!

So you wouldn't moan about a neighbour playing loud music when your kids are trying to sleep? After all they shouldn't care less, after all it's their home....

I just want to know what they are doing at that time when it unsuitable to go outside.
Can they not just do that for another hour or so?

How quiet/loud is your child likely to be when playing? 8:30 at the weekends would be fine imo but ONLY if your child is going to play quietly and not be shrieking, shouting or making any noise louder than talking.

Unless you want the neighbours complaining - bit antisocial to run a lawnmower before 10am on a weekend, so would say it’s the same surely for other loud noises, child-related or not.

I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice on tackling the problem of my neighbours and their children being extremely loud and disturbing.

They are out in the garden with their children, who are both under 5, every day from around 6/7am onwards, this includes weekends. My bedroom window overlooks both mine and the neighbour's garden, it sounds like the neighbours and their children may as well be in my bedroom, especially if my window is open which it usually is especially now the weather is warmer.

Now I understand that children make noise and it would be unreasonable that I would expect for them to keep their children inside, however, I find it unreasonable that I am woken up early in the morning by not only the children, the parents can not seem to keep their voices at a respectable level either.

On many occasions I have heard the child express that they would like to be inside the house and the parent has replied that it is time for outdoor play.

I must add that these children are often left unsupervised outside and will scream and cry for a significant amount of time until they are tended to by a parent, it is not just normal sounds of children playing, these children sound distressed most of the time.

I work from home and these children are constantly screaming outside until around 7pm at night, I find it difficult to concentrate on my work and difficult to get a good night sleep when I am woken up early, especially on the weekends when I would like to have a relaxing start to the day.

I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and how they approached it, or advice on how to best go about the matter.

I'd say 9am week round.

I'd rather noise at 10/11/midnight than before then.

8am any day I’d say.

I imagine the parents of the kids getting up at 4.30am haven't considered all your brilliant ideas, like 'put them back in bed' or 'don't let them get up'.

I wouldn't mind from 6.30 onwards, especially as kids should be outside nd they should also avoid hottest part of the day. 4.30 would be pushing it a bit though.

I wouldn't mind from 6.30 onwards

I would NOT be happy if someone was selfish enough to let their kids out that early in the morning. Jesus, how entitled can some people be?!

Lol at the ‘many people like a weekend lie in so keep kids in until 10am’ I wonder if I’d get the same response if I told adults not to go in their gardens and have bbqs and drinks and conversations after 7pm because my kids are sleeping

Decide according to your own neighbours as a PP said. If they work, 8am is fine.

My children go out to play before school sometimes, so around 8 am which is fine.

Robbegrillet that sounds like a safeguarding and possible SS issue if they are being left alone for ages in the garden.

@robbegrillet I could've written your post!!!

I swear my neighbours kids actually try to murder each other

I do the very British thing of seething quietly then moan to all my friends/on MN

I agree Amanduh

I agree Amanduh

If you asked someone not to have a bbq/drinks past 7-8pm in the summer then you would be unreasonable yet they want you to keep your kids in til 10am so they can have a lie in.

In this heat and dure in the week I'd say let him out at 7.30 am.

Most familys that have school aged children are up at 7 am and those who have younger children(toddlers)are most probably awake well before then so unless someone near you has a newborn baby(and they've managed to grab another hour or two in bed)or are doing night shifts you shouldn't be disturbing anyone else.

We've always stuck till after 9am at the weekends.