Kids screeching

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Is it my imagination or is there an increase in children who cannot play without screeching and screaming their head off. I'm not talking about ordinary 'children playing out' noise but ear piercing shrieking over and over.
I live beside a green and this Summer have nearly been driven to distraction some days by children doing this. Sometimes it goes on until 9 o clock at night, so not just younger children. No parent ever comes out to put a stop to it, so presumably they think it's ok. Am I just getting over sensitive to noise, or is this genuinely something new?

This. The noise goes through me. I never allowed mine to scream like that for nothing.

It depends if it's your garden or the small park surrounded by people, or a more isolated field
it depends on the time

you know, just basic common sense, and basic manners.

YOUR children, take some responsibility. The rest of us manage.

If someone can weep in the Sistine Chapel, she can have a quick little scream in a swimming pool

A polite delight??? A quick little scream in a swimming pool? Why on earth does she need to scream?

@TheWalrusdidbeseech

Why do you get to decide what's annoying enough to be stopped?

Why does your POV trump that of the kids?

I do take responsibility thank you. They have very good manners and are very well adjusted. Thanks for checking I know how to parent, not sure what I’d have done without the advice 👍🏻

I was saying this to my husband just the other day. Our neighbour's four children SCREECH from 7:30am until 9pm on the weekend - it's constant. He's alright with it and feels it's ok as the children seem to be having a good time. As a teacher, it brings out my inner dragon and I get so pissed off with it.

Wednesday last, 4? little girls in garden of new houses at an angle to us, long gardens back onto each other, screeching and screaming from 3.15 till 5 when a prolonged piercing scream elicited a “thats enough now” bellowed from neighbour behind, all noise abated, uneighbourly, anti social, unnecessary

DS isn’t really a screecher anyway but he does do a lot of shouting when he plays football, which is normal

There's a field behind my house where the boys play football. They laugh, they shout, they cheer, all loudly. Louder than is strictly necessary to hear each other.
But I don't know anybody who finds it annoying, not me certainly. Because nobody screeches. I doubt you could play football efficiently if you had to keep screeching at the same time.

But the screeching you hear from kids hanging around the shops is ear piercing and doesn't seem to have a purpose. They're not even chasing each other, no sign of a reason. It's a mystery why they do it.

Hmmm… how “periodic” I wonder….

And bear in mind if another swimmer was genuinely in distress (or had spotted someone who was), attracting the attention of the lifeguard over the noise of screeching kids is going to be a lot harder.

There’s a reason I only go to the adult only swimming sessions.

Sorry op
You've got to move

Because kids are not adults. Adults trump kids. Being thoughtful trumps being antisocial

Having fun noises are different from screaming. We had 10 5 yos in the garden at the weekend for a party and there was laughing and having fun but no screaming, so it is perfectly possible.

It's not even adults vs kids.

Screeching kids are a nuisance for everybody else, kids and adults alike.
If you are an annoyance to others, you are rude, it's not a difficult concept.

if they have such good manners, they are not guilty of screeching and screaming, so what are you even arguing about 😂

A) the post is about a general concept
B) you questioned my parenting skills
C) by extension you accused my kids of being disrespectful
D) it takes two to argue
E) possibly the most important, pompous know it alls are fun to argue with

poor comprehension skills, lack of truthful editing, online etiquette and indeed manners, (whatever your stance on this apparently divisive subject), will not negate my heartfelt responses. Now you are showing yourself up, follow the thread, stay alert, always do the right thing, manners maketh wo/man, be done by as you would!

My friend's theory is that kids who spend a great deal of time in nursery tend to be screechers; because there are multiple children per adult they a) have to screech for attention and b) aren't swiftly corrected when their screeching reaches anti-social levels.

I once clocked the ones next door to me at 4 hours, 12 minutes of non-stop screaming. Granted it was a Sunday and there were two additional children so a total of five ages 5-9 but still, it was incredible. The parents sat indoors with the windows shut, air con on, drinking wine.

Exactly. There is no reason that kids need to scream in order to play happily or have a good time.

When I was growing up, we were told (by parents, neighbours, anyone around; none of this "don't talk to my kid" nonsense) that "If I hear you screaming it had better be an emergency!" Especially around water.

Calling out to one another and laughing are not the same as mindless screaming, screeching and shrieking. Kids can be trained out of all the latter.

Oh god, there's a certain pitch of shriek that just goes right through you....
Like, I get (and like to see) kids enjoying themselves, and any of them could let out a shriek of enjoyment or excitement - it's when it continues (often for no apparent reason.)

I'm not so sensitive to it outside, but in restaurants/shops, it really does get to me.

My children both went to nursery 5 days a week and don't screech...in any case I wouldn't be very impressed with a nursery that let them behave that way!

Kids of my generation were required to be quiet! My parents were always on at us to not 'make a show of us' when we were out, and shouting, yelling, screaming, etc, in public was very strongly discouraged, with a hail of slaps for very sever infractions. I really strongly disapprove of any kind of corporal punishment, and I shudder at the casual way that slaps were given to us kids. Maybe the loud kids of today are part of the price we pay for being more civilised.

I work in Early years and don’t tolerate random screeching! I had a pre school class the other day (so all going into reception in September). They were all building Lego, one girl started screaming as part of her play, I stopped her, and reminded her that we don’t scream unless we are hurt or scared.

As soon as I opened this thread, the screeching started again 😅

I wouldn't even mind if it was crossover noise from next-door, but the kids are several streets behind us, and we can still hear them constantly. Several times it's been so soul-piercing I've been worried that there might be an emergency or injury. But we can see them from our upstairs window, and they really do scream for no reason - not even chasing each other or anything. We know the parents pretty well, no SEN issues to explain it. They are nice kids otherwise but I do wish they'd be quieter!

If it was me, I'd have been told to shut up by parents/neighbours/passing adults in the first instance!

I live in Dublin, where we get a lot of teenage Spanish students coming over every Summer to learn English. When I was growing up everyone commented on how loud they were. They really stood out because they shouted, squealed, talked at the tops of their voices on public transport etc. Now no one notices them because Irish teenagers are just as bad.
So no, I don't think we always behaved like that but have just forgotten. It has definitely got worse over the years.

I know just what you mean there, we live on a usually quiet cul de sac but the past few weeks all I can hear is young teens screaming and screeching usually until about 10pm. Not much fun on the nights I have to get up at 4am for work the day after