Kids screaming in garden next door!

[WorkHardPlayHard1]

So for the 5th time this Spring/Summer, the kids next door are playing happily and very loudly in the garden next door directly into the open door of my kitchen.

I really like the adult neighbours (their parents) and really don't want to fall out with then.

Any suggestions of how to approach this as can't bear the idea of a full Summer of screeching kids! They are 10 and 7! 😬

You don’t raise it, they’re playing in their garden in the summer.

I would be really uncomfortable about telling children, who can realistically only spend much time in the garden for a couple of months a year, how much noise they can make when they’re outside. It’s just part of having neighbours.

Play the none censored version of “WAP” , very loudly, on repeat, every time they scream. Their parents will soon get the message.

@BallandBoe yes, fostering leading to adoption. The kids told me they had been left alone when I confronted them about the stones incident. And yes I mentioned reporting to social services to the mother and children. Thats when she went ballistic and said it was untrue and told me to "get off her land" but in more lurid terms! I was not the only reporter.

The worst culprit where I live is the dad a few doors down. A couple of times a week he’s out there playing with the kids after school. But he’s about 10x as loud as his kids. Constantly narrating everything he’s doing at the top of his voice….‘now Daddy’s on the floor’, ‘look at daddy in the climbing frame!’, ‘oooh, Daddy caught that with one hand!!!’, ‘everyone look at what an amazing father I am, playing with my kids really loudly, just in case you haven’t noticed how great I am….’
It feels so performative!

But then swap it round, part of having neighbours is being considerate that other people want to use their garden between 9-5 and not listen to constant shrieking every day the weather is nice, or be able to open a window

Just being an idiot and screeching and laughing too loudly . So they warned me and I realised I shouldn't do it

Crikey, why all the support for the noisey kids, My three would be told to keep it down, I wouldn't tolerate screeching, you can have fun without disturbing the whole neighbourhood, I wouldn't allow kicking of balls against the fence either, they were taught that they can play and have fun without causing distrunbance to others also trying to enjoy their outside space, my three have grown up to be to be considerate well rounded individuals, and not at all damaged by showing consideration to others around them. It's shocking the number of parents who are raising entitled brats. Not sure of your solution OP, but you could have a friendly word with your neigbour, be interesting to see if they apologise or just give you an earful.

Why do people think screeching equals playing. FFS it’s possible to play and be considerate of others - snowflake generation incoming.

Well then, don't make stupid assumptions yourself then either.

Air rifle.

Unless it's really early or really late I dont think you can complain.

It's not that they make noise, it's the level and repetitive nature of it, and that it's unnecessary.

I do feel for you as I know next doors teenagers will be back from university any day now, which means they will spend all summer in the garden, with their mates round, shouting and playing shit tinny dance music all summer till 11pm. I work from home, with no option of an office to go to, and I know it's going to drive me barmy again. They have one of those above ground pools which has been filled up last weekend, and already the constant whine of the pump is driving me insane. Today they're having their lawn replaced by plastic grass. Yes, they're that sort. These same neighbours get all arsey about me hanging my knickers on the washing line though. The joys of city living!

I live rurally…in a set of farm cottages!

My kids play happily with next doors

New people moved in kids all roughly the same age - turned a nice peaceful place to like living on a new build estate where everyone is on top of each other.

Kids (not mine or the nice neighbour’s) screaming and screeching since 9am this morning, fucking annoying, I work from home and can’t concentrate properly in my garden office I’m now moving back in the house.

And let’s not forget them calling my children names and the parent doing fuck all about it…

and don’t get me started on their barking fucking dogs

My children can play quietly I have no idea why people think this is acceptable

'Crikey, why all the support for the noisey kids, My three would be told to keep it down, I wouldn't tolerate screeching, you can have fun without disturbing the whole neighbourhood'

Exactly! Our dc managed to play quite happily without disturbing people. Just tell your kids to shut up occasionally. It'll be the same folk who have them screeching on buses or restaurants while they're on tik tok.

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Obviously your kids are screechers too. I can tolerate a lot of noise, love hearing all the kids in my estate, including my own, out playing. There seems to be a new phenomenon of kids being allowed to literally screech and scream as loud as they can and their parents say nothing. I can tolerate roaring and shouting but the screeching of some of them is absurd. Mine have been warned that if I ever heard them do that, I'll bring them straight indoors.

It is so bad that a few times my next door neighbour and I have went out looking to see if someone had hurt themselves but they were fine. Back in the day if me or my friends had dared do that outside someone's house, we'd have been told to told to move.

I think there's a difference between playing out and screaming and screeching isn't there? Kids are noisy but there is definitely a threshold at which they are just being a nuisance and their parents should tell them to play more quietly.

My son used to play football against the garden fence, which no doubt was annoying. But not all day and not late in the evening.

I used to play with a ping pong ball against the chimney. Again, not all day and not late in the evening.

There's a level of noise you have to suck up.

But screaming and screeching isn't it.

However, given the responses on here, most parents think their kids should be allowed to be as noisy as they like. Because it's sunny. Sigh.

i agree with the other posters do not confront them at all regarding this as most people take offence and likely to do it all the more if they know it annoys you. I would probably go out for a walk for some peace and quiet if you got a local nature place or field you can go to. Enjoy the peaceful times while the kids are in school they will soon grow up and be inside playing on their computers.
My personal opinion is some people have been brought up right others really haven’t.

Not quiet no, just reasonable noise. Kids talking laughing etc all obvs fine. Kids screaming for hours, not reasonable.

However, I think barky dogs and noise tradesmen are generally a lot worse.

Dear god they sound dreadful 🫠

"Every right to be out in the garden making as much noise as they please". There we have it folks. What an attitude. You must be a nightmare as a neighbour.

Oh yes. Barky dogs and shouty noisy workmen up there with nuisance kids . Thing is with workmen you know it's a temporary disturbance.

All i hear is the sound of birds I'm lucky to be in a peaceful part .
But i do agree with others i dont like the screaming theres playing and theres just screaming at the top of the lungs i dont have children myself as i like peace .

You sound like a bloody nightmare to live next door to quite frankly. You already know you're making your neighbours lives a misery, and you don't give a fuck.
I have no idea why you keep your children quiet in a park and let them scream at home.
You know, you could actually try parenting them properly and tell them to respect people around them who may not want to hear their racket. There's playing, and there's being little bloody nuisances.