To ask to stop your children ‘play’ screaming?

[JediKnightingale]

I live in a cul de sac where we have around six families with small children (weirdly, all girls - not relevant I know) that range from ages 2 - 7. They all walk to school together with parents and at home time they congregate in the middle of the close. Mums chatting and the entire gaggle of tiny noise machines run around screaming for absolutely no reason for about 30/45 mins depending on the weather. During the holidays or at weekends they can be out there for hours at a time.

I and quite a few others work from home in our road - my home office is in the front part of my house and I literally cannot take or make phone calls due to the racket. Normal play noise is absolutely fine but WHY do parents put up with this stupid screaming? When my 3 were small I would never have allowed it but it doesn’t seem to even register with these parents.

Do you let your children play scream and if so would you be put out if you were asked (nicely) if they could play WITHOUT THE SCREAMS?

For God's sake. What are you all talking about? Children screaming for 8 hours? Even children screaming for 30 minutes? I have never seen a child or group of children go out and scream non stop for 30 minutes let alone 8 hours. I said this before and of course the clever people behind their screens called me a bad mother which I can't even be bothered responding to. Children should make noise when they play outdoors in the middle of the day despite the narky curtain twitchers here. First thing in the morning, last thing at night - absolutely not. It's unacceptable to play noisily outdoors. In the middle of the day - of course they should be playing outdoors. I don't know what all this screaming you're talking about is. Young children are excitable with high pitched voices that doesn't mean they're standing outside screaming. Of course a group of children are going to be noisy playing together. They're not there screaming for 30 minutes while their parents ignore them.

OK i hadn't read this when I just wrote. I will accept that no I have not experienced this and agree that that type of thing is unacceptable.

I just like it!
I’m not a native English speaker so occasionally I fall in love with some quaint English words

My neighbours’ children do exactly that; full throttle screaming while the parents are there.

When I was pregnant in the 80s a friend took me along to her local mother and toddler club. I can clearly recall one kid just standing still in the middle of the hall screaming, just screaming for no discernible reason. Never ever went anywhere near any toddler club when my kids were small. No thanks

@TwistedCable · Today 09:11

The sound of children playing is lovely. The sound of constant screeching is not.

It is the job of parents to stop the latter.

This. ^ Sadly, there are some parents who don't give a fuck that their little rugrats are disturbing the entire neighbourhood, and anyone who complains is a miserable old fart, and a 'curmudgeon.' Just thank GOD, (like I do) that these people don't live next to you.

I am fortunate to live in a nice little rural village so there are very few people like this. Just one mum over the road who has constantly screeching kids. Thankfully she is not next to me. I do feel sorry for her neighbour joined on to her though.

@andipe · Today 06:28

@DodoTired

You seem really excited to keep using the word 'curmudgeons', have you just learned it?

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It’s because these days only kids’ mental health is considered to matter.

See also every thread on teachers being bit and hit and punched where half the posters bleat on about kids’ needs not being met, and kids’ MH being damaged by having to do as they’re told. But apparently the mental health of the person being hit is totally irrelevant.

But apparently the mental health of the person being hit is totally irrelevant.

Even the physical health. Who cares how seriously injured a teacher or TA is as long as no child feels a moment's upset.

These mums also have their hair up in a tight bitch bun. The higher the bun, the bigger the bitch!

Well said! Some of the comments on here are ridiculous. Screaming is not playing. If my kids had screamed in outside they would have been straight in. Imagine being so entitled that you think this is acceptable? 🙄

@Auburngal bitch bun 😂😂😂

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Also if a child really does scream (they’re hurt, in danger) I’d be less likely to go to them if I knew they were screamers. We were told the tale of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

There is a difference between children screaming and children playing and making noise.

I screamed when I was a child to get attention or to annoy or because my brother was annoying me. I knew it was annoying but I still did it.

But it's ok for the world to revolve around feral children?

Bonus points for badly applied make up, including fake tan. Then stupid names for DC. Heard one of these mums scream “Summer-Breeze get ov’r ‘ere now”.

Don’t use the fabric conditioner section for inspiration for DC’s names.

The fact they're girls is relevant I feel, been in childcare for forty years and in my experience girls always scream, can be irritating.

@Auburngal Guessing inflated lips too?! 🤣🤣🤣 Summer Breeze?! OMG!!! Come on Fabulosa, move! 🤣🤣🤣

You need to hear the 2 out of control screechy kids who live in a house on a street I walk on some days. Both boys. Shrill horrific screaming. Endless.

ALSO, tThe childminder me and DH used when ours were little - and the 4 or 5 childminders she knew/had in her social circle ALL said they would rather look after 10 girls than 2 boys. Girls were much easier/less hard work, and boys took much more work, threw more tantrums/caused them more hassle and stress.

Definitely a little girl behaviour. Even if they are told to stop it seems to only stem the din for a brief spell then it bursts out of them once more. Aggravating, yes. But you WFH is irrelevant. It’s homes - family homes, meaning kids. Shut the window if it annoys you and wear a headset for calls - they screen out all the background noise pretty well.

At least the kids are out playing and not inside looking at a screen. My sister lives right next to a school and it’s all you can hear at breaks.

Not read the whole thread but I work in several different primary schools and this screaming is definitely a new trend.

It absolutely is not the sound of children laughing and shouting whilst having fun.

It is children, not exclusively girls and not just the younger classes, just standing on the spot and screaming as loud as is humanly possible. It is horrific and I have no idea where this behaviour comes from.

I stop miscreants immediately and I am not curmudgeonly, miserable, an arsehole etc etc. If you allow your child to do this, additional needs excepted, it is you who is a first class, grade A moron.

I was at my GP practice. Called in when name comes on a screen.

Angel Demin-Blu’s name came up. The poor lad was being dragged on the floor by his bitch chav gobby mum with his arm. As soon as they disappeared to the room - everyone shook their heads or muttered something about the stupid name or awful mum

You never hear of these mums having fertility problems, bar over fertile

I think some of the issues with screeching children is that their mums are not bothered by their noises as eyes and hand glued to their phone.

Or give them their phone to watch or play stuff on it. The e babysitter is no substitute for the proper love from a parent. If they get love

YABVU
God what a miserable bunch of people
I’m glad kids are allowed out and not just stuck inside on screens.

They still on their phones outside