It's a noisy kids outside one

[bloodyhellKen22]

It's now past 9:30. It's a warm day and I'm staying at my parents's house with the window in the bedroom open and toddler asleep next door. Kids are outside kicking a ball and screaming at each other. I'm all for playing outside and making noise in the day - go for it and have fun! But after 9pm I feel it's just not on. Maybe I'm just getting older and more miserable but it's really annoyed me tonight. What are your thoughts - AIBU?

It would annoy me but I’m not very noise tolerant. Even the neighbour’s wind chimes annoy me.

It’s hell here, too OP
screeching like “Buggered cockerels “ as my old neighbour calls them!
why do kids screech and scream so?

Maybe it's too hot for them during the day.....aren't we supposed to be out of the sun during hottest hours not running round playing?

Because they are children enjoying their childhood and freedom and are enjoying themselves...it's the weekend! Leave them be.

All too often I think we forget we ourselves were not perfect children who went about in complete silence all the time. There were grown ups annoyed at the noise we made at 9.30pm too

@OhHelloMiss oh I completely agree with this, but just before 9pm would be nice.

I don't actually know why 9pm - I suppose it's the watershed and it feels more like an appropriate bed time.

It's still light outside
It's a weekend
Let them have fun and remember your little one will be their age soon and you'll want them to be able to enjoy their childhood

@TheTartfulLodger yes but my mum would have asked us to either quiet down or come inside as she would have been mindful of the people around us.

I can’t see the harm at 9.30pm a Saturday, it’s annoying yes but adults could happily legally make noise outside at this time so I can’t see why kids can’t.

Nope, by 9:30 they should be inside or being supervised quietly outside
unless exceptionally there’s a party/bbq etc happening.
But just because it’s summer? No.

There's no way I'd have been allowed to make a ruckus after 9pm or I'd have been told to get in if I can't play quietly as babies are trying to sleep.

I made that point to my neighbours child in front of her mother a few years ago (it was 10pm and I wanted to go to my bed without screeching children staying up later than me making noise) and the mother just rolled her eyes and said "oh no there's not DeliciousApples" as though I was talking utter nonsense about babies trying to sleep.

I'm not generally a fan but we've had so few dry warm light evenings this year, I'm inclined to be more tolerant. It was lovely to be out with dd2 last night playing volleyball & tennis til 8:30. It's so much healthier than screens.
I'd rather 9:30 than 6am Sunday morning....

And we would have completely ignored them yes 😂

Well the dc are playing in their own neighbourhood and you’re the visitor op so I think you need to accept it.
They’ll be gone in soon.

Totally this. Fgs it's the first weekend of warm weather we've had, it's the longest day. Celebrate that they are outside playing not inside on a bloody screen.

If you were in France or Spain this would be expected in mid summer.

So I've got a grass embankment opposite my house. For the past almost 3 weeks I
been having a problem with a gang of older primary school children playing there. And I'm talking about literally for hours on end. The really irritating thing is there is a playing field with basketball net and children's play equipment a two minute walk round the corner.
It's mainly girls and the noise they make is unbelievable. I don't understand this full on screaming. I was always taught
about the "crying wolf" thing: you don't scream when you are playing because then if any thing bad happens and you scream people will think you are just playing. Well these girls literally scream most of the time. If anyone was, God forbid, to hurt them or abduct them or similar no one would take any notice because they scream all the time.
Last night it was 10 pm when they left. Tonight a bit earlier. And I'm worn out with them. I've started looking at houses on Rightmove but I expect any where I could afford to move to would have similar problems . And other unrelated ones as well.

So OP I. totally sympathise with you.
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I think 10 pm is the cut off really. If it's light outside I think it's fine.

It's not the playing, being outside, making happy noise, being children that's a problem, it's the screeching like they are being tortured that is.

I love my kids playing outside and encourage it but they are in from 9pm for showers and a snack before bed. They are 12 and 9. However there are 4 year olds on my road that are regularly outside til 10.30 or later screaming, crying, shouting etc I think its neglectful. When do these children shower is what I wonder 🤔 I love Autumn and Spring more than Summer for that reason. Brighter long days bit still dark at 8.30ish so at least things quieten down then.

We have this, thankfully not screaming and I don't mind hearing them play generally but we have asked them to pack it in with the incessant basketball after 9.30pm.

My neighbours 2 doors down are having a party. In their garden . Music/base and laughing. Kids excited etc. I can easy sleep though it though. So can my kids. I think maybe it because I never made things quite for them.

There is no chance i would have been allowed to scream and screech outside at 9:30pm as a kid, nor would I allow my kids to do so.

You know: parenting, respecting others and all that...

Well the children I have the problem with are playing outside my house EVERY evening - not just the weekend.
Also they don't even live in my street. They just congregate here. And they are extremely cheeky and some of them very foul mouthed. As well as very noisy.
I think it's great children get the chance to play outside. But they shouldn't be making life difficult for people who are trying to get on with their lives in their own homes.

Wouldn’t bother me at all. But I was raised somewhere where at 9:30pm you’re just starting your evening, children, dogs etc in tow. I love a loud summer night!

OP isn’t even in her own home though, she’s visiting someone else’s