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?

Depends what they do outside. I would think it's hot, he's going to sit on his swing and swing for a bit where it's cooler, that's fine. No nosier that some of out neighbours banging car doors and stuff when leaving for work at that time. If playing out has to require running about screaming and shouting that no 6am is far too early.

This weather 6.30am in the garden is lovely, I'd let them out and ask them to shush because the neighbours are asleep.
(I was out at 5.30am, so was half the village.)

Yes, that is antisocial.

Often awake before 5, I don’t bang around, I’m mid terrace

No. I posted at 7.30am - a good hour after the 6.30am OP is talking about.

The music is antisocial and unnecessary.

Personally as someone who struggles keeping my kids occupied for a long day inside I'd suck it up if I was woken by small children at 6am during a heatwave. By 9 mine want to go back inside as it feels too hot so waiting until 8 doesn't give a lot of time in the heat.

It depends what kind of play, our neighbours kids bounced and screeched on a trampoline and played net ball bouncing the ball seemingly endlessly. That's not fun to hear for a couple of hours when you 've worked a night shift and need some sleep.
Can't they play quietly indoors instead ?

If I got woken up by children outside at 6.30am ESPECIALLY in this heat when sleep is at a premium I would be absolutely livid

The music and barking dogs isn't fair at all. But small children outside at 6.30am in this weather isn't unreasonable.

In this weather it’s fine. If they get a bit of time outside before it gets too hot then that’s great.

It doesn’t have to be their garden though. If you have children and neighbours, you need to be considerate.

Don't wake people up before 8am - it's hard enough to sleep in the heat as it is. You could go out in the garden at any time to be honest, but if you can't keep it down to allow people to wake up at a reasonable time then stay in until then.

It wouldn’t bother me at all, I’d actually love to hear it.. but I can imagine I am the minority 🫣

I'd say 6:30 is too early but in heat like this I'm letting mine out before school if we have time - no earlier than 7 though.

The parents are selfish assholes. Seems to be the modern way.

I don't let mine go out and make noise til at least 9, probably 10am especially on a weekend when neighbours might want lie- ins.We live in a patch with no other children.

Yes

Ah be realistic. On a normal weekday maybe the parents are getting ready for work there could be a sleeping baby or other children in bed. Anyway no playgrounds near me are open at that time. Where are you suggesting they go? In this heat I’d suck it up. Personally I’d just be delighted I’m not having to parent toddlers or very young children in this weather .

Normally yes, but in this heat, no.

Too early but if they are quiet, not screaming etc it's ok.
our neighbours kid is out from 7am in the paddlIng pool which is a bit annoying, but as a mum I know it's hard with kids so am a little more forgiving.

Absolutely. Other countries allow trades onsite by 6.30am to help avoid heat stress.

If this weather becomes normal then activity simply needs to start earlier in the day.

Yes, yes yes! No earlier than 8am on a week day and 9am at the weekend

She could surely take them out a walk or to the park at 6.30 am if she is keen to get them out before it gets too hot

Your playgrounds have specific opening times? Don't you have any local parks or green areas where parents could take their children?

OP, I think 6.30am is far too early to let small children out into the garden, especially if you're not monitoring their volume. As for playing music and letting the dog bark, that's incredibly inconsiderate and they sound like awful neighbours.

6.30 is taking the piss.