Kids playing out

[DitheringBlidiot]

At this hour? AIBU or should they all be at home by this time? 6 or 7 kids, maximum age of 8 I’d say.. shrieking and shouting playing games including the most current game of what’s the time mr wolf? I don’t expect silence, but surely it’s U for kids to be screaming and shouting at this hour?

Not really sure whose kids they are are as I live in a complex of flats.

An tempted to bang a drum as I leave for work at 6am on Monday morning or similar but wouldn’t be fair on the other residents who are having to put up with the noise.

I think as it's Saturday I'd say until dark

Bloody kids, having fun away from computer screens... what a fucking liberty.

Summer holidays ….. get used to it !

It’s only 9.30. It’s a bit late for them to be out but it’s hot and humid, it isn’t a school day tomorrow, is it really an issue? I bet they go inside soon.

It's a Saturday night during a nice warm Summer.

For goodness sake live and let live.

Already said I didn’t expect silence, I just think it’s a bit unreasonable for them to be shrieking and shouting. They play out every day but usually go in about 8.30ish, 9.30 just seemed a bit excessive to me. Not saying they should play out either, so I don’t know where you got that from?

A neighbour’s reaction in the block of flats opposite is to play incredibly loud drum and bass, so maybe tha is clouding my judgement as obviously that’s quite irritating!

Bloody hell OP. It's summer time and kids are being kids playing out.

I've just been sat in my garden listening to the children playing out in their garden and thought how good it is they're doing that as opposed to sat inside on their x box.

Shouldn’t play out I mean!

Im all for kids playing out, this is the one common space they all have as not all the kids will have the same shared back garden so parents can keep an eye on the kids at the same time iyswim. Chatting, talking and laughing/ playingI haven’t got an issue with, it’s the high pitched screaming. I haven’t even got a issue with the shrieking during the day, I was a kid once too. But I just thought it was quite late for them to be out. Happy to accept that I am BU though.

Shouting and screaming in the street is really annoying at any time of day, you have my sympathy. It always surprises me that parents let their children be so antisocial. Playing is one thing, screaming is another.

Yes, they make a lot of racket around my block of flats. I think, from posts on here, that some people think it's better for DC to have a nap in the afternoon then play out when it's cooler.

It can be worse in winter....they play in the corridor here. I didn't say anything because winter was fierce but by 11pm I had enough a couple of times and asked them to keep it down. They were lovely and did calm down but there's no sign of any parents.

Have you been out and asked them to quieten down? I do. My daughter plays out a lot but I like to get her to bed fairly early as she gets up at 5.30. Her little gang - and sometimes another load of older kids - will continue playing out until quite late. I always go out if they are mega-noisy, all smiles, and say,’I’m really pleased you’re having a great time, but could you quieten down now, DD is trying to get to sleep.’ Even teenagers are generally obliging.

It may be to do with living in the country - I know them, they know me, they know I will cheerfully dob them in to their parents etc.

Agree, its the screaming, they were so nice when I said "please keep it down" I don't know why parents didn't tell them that before.

It's not the children's faults, they've obviously not been taught to be courteous of other people and if the parents aren't asking them to be quieter than it's the adults fault.

At 6/7 they should be indoors and in bed by anyway unless a party or special occasion.

It's the summer holidays and it's too hot to really play most of the day. My kid only just feel asleep after running around the garden. YABU

Ah yeah, I stand corrected... the unnecessary screaming would get to me!