As I sit here and try to enjoy a beautiful afternoon, it is once again obvious that the neighbours have zero parenting skills. Because once again their yard is the scene of total mayhem. And for literally hours now I (along with all the people around here) I have had to put up with screaming kids. Literally screaming. Repeatedly, over and over, about nothing. It’s right next door, I can see that these kids have no idea at all how to get along. They aren’t playing. I was a kid, and realize there are times when kids make noise, sometimes a lot of noise. But continual screaming, day after day (no exaggeration) is a sign of very poor, if not non-existent parenting skills. Especially when they sit out on the deck and act like everyone should have to put up with their poorly behaved kids. No they don’t complain to you, the so-called adults, because it’s obvious you don’t give a shit about the peace and quiet. It’s called respect for others in case you don’t know. I played outside like most kids growing up, but if we were screaming as much and as often as these kids, it was brought to our attention that there were more people in the neighbourhood than us. If we need to make that kind of disturbance, to bring it indoors. These idiots that think you need to indulge every whim a kid has, and to let them believe it has no effect on those around them, are in for a rude awakening when they show they have no regard for anyone, parents included. So don’t be surprised that you are contributing to their own lack of respect for you, the parents. —Try Showing a Little Respect
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.
Does anyone ever do something about their fucking problems anymore or just whine about it being ~*~obvious~*~ that things won’t change?
Get you and your neighbours together and go over to talk, very politely, to these parents. You’ll either confirm they’re dickheads and you can storm off in righteous indignation to look up local noise bylaws, get more peace and quiet and a feeling of triumph, or discover they’ve got autistic kids, are at the end of their rope and would just like to not be inside 24/7 hearing their kids scream.
This is why I live in an area and building that’s not kid-friendly 😉
Why not let kids be kids for a while? Let them have their fun and cacophony of ignorant noises. Because once they grow up they’ll be doing far less passionate expression.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AygMgIVjF7c/T4bY…
Tolerance, that’s what makes the world go around.
I have to agree with op. There is line, when it comes to noisy kids, and it’s up to the parents to point out when it’s being crossed. I have 3 kids, all grown up now, but we had a “no screaming” rule right from day one.
Whenever the noise level rose in my home, I would just yell, “That’s enough! Quit having so much fun up there!” And they would giggle, and pipe down a bit.
Parents whose children behave like this, can’t possibly give a shit. And it reflects in their kids’ behavior. They are hard wired this way now. It will only cause an angry, defensive response, most likely, if you speak to the parents. Good luck.
If neighbors can call the cops on a house party where the smokers on the porch are going on and on and, as they get more and more drunk, louder and louder…
so too should you be able to with foul, bratty, temperamental kids.
Or play some loud gangsta rap and let them learn a few new words their parents will be forced to actually deal with.
OP. Welcome to my world. From the time I get home from work to approx. 8:30pm, it’s constant screaming. Not just playful yelling, actual “stabbing your children” screaming.
I plan on moving next year and this is one factor that I’m taking into account. Mel. Where is this kid’s free zone?
This what you’re looking for Senor Campana?
http://thechronicleherald.ca/sites/default…
I can guarantee there’s no kids in there!
I was thinking it may be a campus rez…
or old folks home?
you never see kids in there.
just wait til school is offialally out for summer. then you will have little monsters running all hours, from dusk til dark, and later too. yep, the best is yet to come.
we have lots of kids on our street, most use their loud, fun voices, but there’s one girl who sounds like she’s being stabbed…freaks me out
I lived accross the street from Ralph’s. There all kinds of young kids in that area. Loud ones too.
I live downtown in an area with no lawns, no parking and lots of broken beer bottles and drunk students. And my building only has bachelors and one-bedrooms. Although there is one asian family living here consisting of a toddler and two parents. I hope it’s at least a one-bedroom they live in…
I’m sorry Konte, you really do not look like you have three grown children.
As for you OP, express your concerns to the parents. It may not do any good but at least you’ve done your part. What’s with parents who do that? It’s almost like there’s an epidemic of insensibility going on. Eh, sort of.