Kids Playing out till 11:30pm

Lucifer MorningStar · 07-07-2014 08:09AM

LizzieJones wrote: »

He is from Dennis the Menace.

Walter Matthau looked an awful lot like Saddum Hussein :pac:

professore · 07-07-2014 08:12AM

I wish the miserable old retired **** next door wouldn't get up at 6:30 AM every Saturday morning and start mowing the lawn or talking loudly to his dog when we're still asleep after a hard week working. Why the **** doesn't he do it during the week?

EDIT: maybe you're him OP?

mrsbyrne · 07-07-2014 08:15AM

11.30 is ridiculous. Stupid inconsiderate parents.

Akrasia · 07-07-2014 08:17AM

In summer, the kids should only have to come inside when you can't tell if that slightly darker patch is a weed or your jumpers for goalposts.

That said, I lived in the countryside without the benefit of communal street lighting, so we had to go inside when it got dark.

I suggest that you climb the lamposts and unscrew the light bulbs

Let nature take it's course

ivytwine · 07-07-2014 09:43AM

How old are they OP? Under 10s shouldn't be up that late, summer holidays or not!

Neighbours kids are same, they're prob 8 and 5 and up every night playing until all hours. I think it is a bit irresponsible to be honest, I wouldn't have been allowed stay out that late. They keep losing their ball in our yard and torment us with the doorbell at all hours!

Conmaicne Mara · 07-07-2014 10:41AM

Herself used to live in an estate where the same craic went on every summer. The local ferals would run amok from noon to nightfall during Summer. Not an awful lot better where we are at the moment in terms of parenting skills as I've seen 10 & 11 year olds hanging around pub doors after 11.30. But, the house we now live in is located out of the village so we can actually come home and not have others intruding on our life.

It is bad parenting and it is inconsiderate to other people, one of many symptoms of a dysfunctional society.

RobbingBandit · 07-07-2014 10:45AM

Tell them you have a free PS4 for them in your shed,lock the little bastards in for a few hours instead, you can call it PeeWee's Playhouse.

c_man · 07-07-2014 11:20AM

You should introduce the kids to weed OP. They'll have no energy to stay out until that late hour.

hoodwinked · 07-07-2014 11:22AM

its the same here to be honest children as young as 3 and 4 and as old as 12 or more, out until 11pm or later unsupervised, parents on fb reposting those bloody annoying images on how "their children are their life" or "what a great parent they are", to care where their children are or what they are doing,

these same parents will be the ones asking in a few years "where did it all go wrong"

Caliden · 07-07-2014 11:26AM

Make loads of noise getting up at 7am so you're loud enough to wake them up.

The kids' parent either have to be on holidays themselves or have no reason to be up early

anncoates · 07-07-2014 11:36AM

1130 is too late for young kids to be out even in summer. Presumably they're teenagers..

That said, you must have supersonic hearing if the sound of kids playing outside bothers you that much.

AH is becoming a bit like that Points of View programme when i was a kid: a platform for Outraged Of Tumbridge Wells weirdos and the splenetic nonsense they can't vent elsewhere

folan · 07-07-2014 11:40AM

anncoates wrote: »

1130 is too late for young kids to be out even in summer.

depends on what time they got up at?

nelly17 · 07-07-2014 11:41AM

peewee_44 wrote: »

I don't mind them playing out till 11:30 as long as they keep the noise down and understand there are people around them that have early mornings and kiddies trying to sleep. I have seen them out till 11:30 on there scooters bikes etc and that doesn't bother me, not that I will ever let my child out that late but they are not the only ones in the estate. If they didn't make too much noise I wouldn't care if they were up all night.....

Ah to hell with it I will just change my name to victor Meldrew lol

There Kids they dont understand that, have you tried having a word with the parents or would that start some kind of Civil War on the street

Conmaicne Mara · 07-07-2014 12:23PM

anncoates wrote: »

1130 is too late for young kids to be out even in summer. Presumably they're teenagers..

Don't know the age of the OP's neighbours kids, but the ones in the estate I mentioned were mostly 5-10 year olds.

I reckon a lot were left in bed half the day, that's not good parenting IMO. Have them up early with the parents, then they'll get the use of the day and can go to bed at a reasonable time.

But, it's not about bed, it's about having them show some respect for the place they live in and the other people who also live there. Have them in off the street at a reasonable hour and leave the evening wind down with a bit of quiet.

nelly17 · 07-07-2014 12:26PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Don't know the age of the OP's neighbours kids, but the ones in the estate I mentioned were mostly 5-10 year olds.

I reckon a lot were left in bed half the day, that's not good parenting IMO. Have them up early with the parents, then they'll get the use of the day and can go to bed at a reasonable time.

But, it's not about bed, it's about having them show some respect for the place they live in and the other people who also live there. Have them in off the street at a reasonable hour and leave the evening wind down with a bit of quiet.

it suits the Parents on my road too leave the kids in bed half the morning so they can stay in bed half the morning - hence the kids are out till all hours

hoodwinked · 07-07-2014 12:28PM

anncoates wrote: »

That said, you must have supersonic hearing if the sound of kids playing outside bothers you that much.

not if you live in one of the new estates where they have communal gardens or a ground floor apartment, so the kids outside could be sitting literally on your bedroom window sill,

No Pants · 07-07-2014 12:29PM

Caliden wrote: »

The kids' parent either have to be on holidays themselves or have no reason to be up early

Sounds like they might be on an extended holiday from working for a living.

nelly17 · 07-07-2014 12:33PM

No Pants wrote: »

Sounds like they might be on an extended holiday from working for a living.

Yep thats the way it is on my road

No Pants · 07-07-2014 12:35PM

nelly17 wrote: »

Yep thats the way it is on my road

If I was the OP, I think my lawn would need cutting at 07:01 on a Monday morning.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-07-2014 12:41PM

I nearly had a mental breakdown one summer from the neighbours' kids doing this. They were kicked out the door from 10am to 10pm every day. Never brought anywhere, no activities organised, just outside on the road all summer. Bored and destructive. It was all fights and screaming and beating the head off each other all day long and breaking everything that wasn't solid steel. I would actually stay in work late to avoid going home, I have no front garden and it felt like they were screaming 2 feet away from me. 4 or 5 hours of that in the evening is actually really stressful. Not that the parents gave a sh*te.

No Pants · 07-07-2014 12:43PM

If you have a house alarm, set it before you leave to go to work in the morning. Then trigger it.

Conmaicne Mara · 07-07-2014 12:47PM

nelly17 wrote: »

it suits the Parents on my road too leave the kids in bed half the morning so they can stay in bed half the morning - hence the kids are out till all hours

Yeah that can happen too. The end result in both cases where people live on top of each other is very anti social. A lot of these perceived little things add up to much greater trouble from some anti social teens who grow up to be anti social adults.

A little respect for other people really does go a long way. How or where that got lost on some people I don't understand.

CrazyRabbit · 07-07-2014 01:18PM

Unsupervised kids at 11:30pm you say? I have a solution. Kids are much quieter when they are eating and I happen to have a lot of free sweets to give away. Just let me know where these kids are and I'll drive around in a my van.

dundalkfc10 · 07-07-2014 01:23PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I nearly had a mental breakdown one summer from the neighbours' kids doing this. They were kicked out the door from 10am to 10pm every day. Never brought anywhere, no activities organised, just outside on the road all summer. Bored and destructive. It was all fights and screaming and beating the head off each other all day long and breaking everything that wasn't solid steel. I would actually stay in work late to avoid going home, I have no front garden and it felt like they were screaming 2 feet away from me. 4 or 5 hours of that in the evening is actually really stressful. Not that the parents gave a sh*te.

I grew up in an estate in Dundalk, and would be outside from 9/10 am untill 8/9pm the majority of the summer. Was never brought anywhere, you know why? because some kids parents after feeding, clothing, schooling etc... have not got money to be taking their kids away on trips/activites so "auld snobby folk" like yourself can have a bit of peace and quiet

Knob Longman · 07-07-2014 01:29PM

Cydoniac wrote: »

Oh dear, you're that guy in the neighbourhood who whinges, bet you're the favourite with the kids.

Praying for a wet summer :pac:

Knob Longman · 07-07-2014 01:33PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I nearly had a mental breakdown one summer from the neighbours' kids doing this. They were kicked out the door from 10am to 10pm every day. Never brought anywhere, no activities organised, just outside on the road all summer. Bored and destructive. It was all fights and screaming and beating the head off each other all day long and breaking everything that wasn't solid steel. I would actually stay in work late to avoid going home, I have no front garden and it felt like they were screaming 2 feet away from me. 4 or 5 hours of that in the evening is actually really stressful. Not that the parents gave a sh*te.

Maybe you have some underlying medical condition regarding social situations ?
You should make time to visit the doctor for yourself..

EazyD · 07-07-2014 01:47PM

I live directly beside a large greenspace in my estate and to be honest I can entirely understand where the OP is coming from.

Every night without fail, there is gangs of kids from all ages hanging about screaming, drinking, kicking footballs, littering the entire area with cans, takeaway bags etc. I'm very tolerant in general as I was that age not too long ago but when I'm being kept awake till 1-1.30 am most nights, that thins fairly sharply.

It's easy for those who do not have to endure such bullcrap all the time to label it normal social behaviour because it simply is not.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-07-2014 02:16PM

Letting kids stay out until 11.30pm or later is ridiculous. It's absolutely piss poor parenting. There is no reason for kids to be out on the streets at that hour of night, other than to be out from under their parents feet. Out of sight out of mind.

Augmerson · 07-07-2014 02:51PM

When I was a kid we used to play outside from 11am until 1am. We'd be out on the road, or on the pitch, or going through fields, or up to the shop. It was summer and it was great, all the other kids hanging out together.

Looking back, I don't think for a minute it was down to poor parenting. I'm very grateful for those experiences and memories. And if I someday become a parent, I would hope I could afford my child the same opportunities. We knew when to start lowering the volume and not to drop thrash all over the place because it was our estate but we did cause trouble like knicknacking sometimes :pac:

I think nowadays a lot of kids spend too much time inside. Parents afraid to let them out because of child predators or hanging out with kids who are a bad influence. Those things existed just as much when I was young as they do now, there hasn't been a phenomenal increase of either. It's just the media makes it seem that way.

I think it'd be great for kids to be hanging outside with each other, playing games and being what they should be most - kids - than stuffed inside.

anncoates · 07-07-2014 02:59PM

hoodwinked wrote: »

not if you live in one of the new estates where they have communal gardens or a ground floor apartment, so the kids outside could be sitting literally on your bedroom window sill,

That's tough but you can't expect people to make their kids sit inside getting fat in front of the TV. Playing outside is part of growing up.

By the way I live in a relatively new estate with no front garden and there's loads of kids playing outside on the street and communal green and it's hardly torturous levels of noise.

Kids Playing out till 11:30pm

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