WIBU? - Child waking the street

[Iltavilli]

We live on a cul de sac with a ginnel (alley for non-northerners) at the bottom, so it is often used as a cut through for people walking children to the local schools about half a mile away. Leaving the house this morning around 8am (huge lie in as I normally leave at 6am), a girl of around 7 or 8 was being walked to school by her mum.

The girl was banging what looked like two plastic sticks together, quite loudly, and was shouting “get up, get up, it’s time for school and work” all the way along the street. She was about 100 metres ahead of her mum, but mum was laughing along and not trying to stop her. I said to the girl that some people, like nurses, work at night and need to sleep in the morning so they can take care of people the next night. The girl burst into tears, and as mum got to where we were (outside my house) shouted at me for making her daughter cry.

Given the weather is so warm, and people have windows open to sleep, was I wrong to ask the girl to stop - but also to explain why she should stop?

Gosh, quite the split!

For those who’ve simply stated that I was / am u or even vu, could you let me know why?

You seem quite pleased that you made a 7-year-old cry.

I don't know what you are reading, but the OP clearly doesn't.

YANBU.
As PP have said there's a big difference between people who unintentionally make noise and deliberately doing so.
What you said was perfectly fine and I'm assuming you didn't scream in her face or tower over her menacingly.
It's unfortunate that the girl got upset but as far as I can see nothing in your actions went beyond the pale.

YANBU at all. It's a shame that the child's parent clearly doesn't care, but you have every right since it's where you live.

And some of these same posters that say the OP was out of order, would probably be of the opinion ‘it takes a village to raise a child’. Well that’s what OP was doing. 🤣

formerbabe
so you go down the streets shouting at the top of your voice, do you? And you encourage your kids to do the same?

Well she won't do it again, will she? Lol. YANBU.

Children make noise. If people work shifts they probably are aware that this time of year there are tons of noise in the morning birds start at 4.30 I don't get how people feel they have a right to interfere with others.

Children make noise.

children also start life pooping their pants. Somehow, parents manage to teach them a few things, not being feral noisy little brats is one of them.

Parents not reacting to bad behaviour from their kids are a modern nightmare.

I don't get how people feel they have a right to interfere with others.

Exactly. The child should not have been interfering with other people's need to sleep.

I don't get how people feel that they have the right to do exactly what they feel like regardless of the impact it will have on others.

it’s likely to be a one off anyway trouble is, if it made her mum laugh I can just see this being repeated.
Providing you didn't stand over her menacingly, YWNBU OP.

For those who said I seemed proud of making a child cry, I certainly wasn’t (hence posting here). I didn’t shout or simply tell her to stop. I thought that explaining with an example she may understand - nurses - would make things a little clearer to her. I was purposely trying not to be a Big Scary Grown Up who says no.
It wasn’t meant to scare her or make her cry, just to help her realise that we can all help each other. I think she was crying not because of me, but the thought she might have upset some nurses!

@ifCakesHappens

No I don't walk down the street shouting but that's because I have no reason to generally.

Let's say one of my DC ran down the road, I'd call after them though if I had to.

I certainly don't creep round the pavements shushing my children and worrying about waking up people who might have worked a night shift.

Processedpea you sound like hard work. Seriously, because kids make noise you think they should be allowed to make ANY amount of noise at all? You are no doubt like the mother in this story. One who thinks the sun shines out of their dc arse and let them make raucous noise with no regard for others. If parents like you won't parent properly then of course other people will step in. It takes a village.

cottonwoolmouth What a classy attitude.

Just another fine example of parenting that will permit another selfish little school bully, that believes the world revolves around them.

If I was her mum I’d have to you to fuck off

Me too!

cottonwoolmouth you are obviously one of those mums who think the sun shines out of their dc arse and don't know how to parent. Be prepared for everyone telling your dc off as you don't seem to have realised that it is your job to.

Exactly. The child should not have been interfering with other people's need to sleep

Well what if i want to mow the lawn and there is shift workers in my road?

If I was her mum I’d have to you to fuck off

And that's where all the entitled inconsiderate adults come from I suppose. That upbringing.

Just another fine example of parenting that will permit another selfish little school bully, that believes the world revolves around them

Ffs! 😂

A child walking down the street making noise in the daytime is fine...they do not need to consider night shift workers ffs. You shouldn't have said anything to her, you had no right.

Banging stick and shouting loudly is acceptable noise?

Good in the op, its not the ops fault her mother isn't teaching the child manners and consideration.
Mothers fault if the child was upset.
I bet if someone woke her child up by making noise this way it would be a different story...

lol okay poopy

good on the