Is 6.30am too early for young children to play in the garden?

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It is light early in the morning and young children often wake early. The weather is warm at the moment so being outside in the garden in the early morning can be attractive to some people. However, if you had a young child wake early would you have them out in the garen playing at 6.30am, bearing in mind that young children aren’t often able to play quietly and keep their voices down? Also, would you raise your own voice to join in their play and interact with them at that time or do you think it is too early to let them into the garden? If so, what time do you think is acceptable?

Yes it's way too early. 8.30am during the week, 9am at weekends as my kids can't be quiet. They aren't out screaming and shouting but they are just naturally animated whilst playing outside.

I WFH, my kids are a bit older now (two in secondary school, one in Y5), and my husband works shifts. I get up at either 7:15am or 8:15am depending on the husband's shift. My kids also get up somewhere between 7am and 7:45am. So yes, there are plenty of people who aren't up or don't need to be up at 6:30am. It's massively inconsiderate to be out making noise at that hour regardless of the weather.

Oh I'd be bloody livid.

Do you know them well enough to talk to?

If they get arsy, I'd be out at 11pm making plenty of noise.

Too early. 8am is acceptable but 9 on a weekend in my opinion.
My next door neighbour insists on putting random bits of recycling out, intermittently, EVERY MORNING from 6am onwards, banging the lids up and down on her boxes which are stored between our houses. I don't think this is necessary. Just because she's awake, it doesn't mean everyone else is. I'm often up at 5.3am but I wouldn't dream of making a noise outside. The most I would do would be to drink a cup of tea on my patio, and that's practically silent!

i just don’t get how other people aren’t aware that sound travels.

My husband is disabled and we do not get up early. We have a family to the rear of our garden and their get togethers are really noisy but it's during the day and they knock it on the head in the evening. I would be really annoyed to have to tolerate noisy child play so early. Yes, I am a mum, my children are 24 and 28 but I wouldn't have allowed them to disrupt the early morning peace and upset others.

I wouldn’t send mine out before 8am they all get up around 6. I have elderly neighbours so it’s not courteous and I feel like I would be annoyed if someone sent their kids out and woke me up.

Yes 6.30am too early

In the same way mowing lawn at 8pm at night annoys neighbours 😉

It’s too early, often getting cat breakfast at 4 or 5am, never disturb anyone

Bet you would be the first to complain if next doors teenagers had music blaring in the garden at 3 in the morning.

Too early. 8am earliest.

What a silly question. Way too early.

They have done, on the odd occasion the parents have left them alone for the weekend, and no of course I don’t complain (or rat them out to their parents, who I doubt realise they are having house parties while they’re away)! Maybe I’m just less bothered by occasional noise than most people on here but I’ve genuinely never thought to complain about things like that and I’m actually shocked the majority on here find it so unacceptable.

I don't see the issue. The whole point of buying a house with a garden is so children can use it. Close your windows.

I guess the thing is if DC next door are out at 6.30 am and adults on the other side are playing music and chatting until 1am then sleep is going to be limited.

Lose the windows in th8 heat? Are you having a laugh? When Dd was small she wasn’t allowed out until 9am. It’s lazy and selfish parenting to just turf them out at 6:30 am and let them wake people up. If I had neighbours who did this I’d be playing bass and drum loudly until 2am and see how they like having their sleep disturbed 👍

Dear God - is this a wind-up?

So not only does the poor woman have to close her windows in this heat, but how dare she be bothered by kids being let loose at 6.30am “because it’s nice out”

We’re all struggling in this damn weather, putting up with stuff we wouldn’t normally encounter, but because the parent can’t / won’t let the kids play inside, watch tv, whatever, to a sensible hour, every other poor sweaty neighbour has to put up with it.
Nobody is sleeping properly…the very early morning is the coolest, so for Gods sake, let people get what bit of sleep they can.
Entitlement is out of control!

The early morning is also the only time young children can be outside comfortably in a 35 heatwave. They will likely be inside later on. OP asked for opinions.

And I've also been woken up early all week for the same reasons. And I did actually close my windows to get an extra half hour in bed.

For a start, people do not buy houses with gardens solely for the use by children, that is a strange thing to say.
Secondly, why do people keep thinking that their needs and wants trump all others?
At that hour, it is generally very quiet and any noise carries. So childrens chattering and playing noises will carry and wake others struggling with sleep. So why on earth would people be expected to close their windows so they don’t have to listen to kids at unsociable hour?
Ridiculous.
6-30am is far too early.
If I let my dog out to “play” with squeaky toys at 6-30 cos “it’s too warm for her later” I’d soon get piled on (correctly)
If I went in the Town centre and started making noise, someone would want to know why.
Parents need to parent.
Not foist their kids noise on everyone else that early in the morning.