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Originally Posted by Pauls9
I'd tend to agree with you Maggie and Osem. Kids should be left to be kids. I recall when I was at nursery school, being reported to my parents because a neighbour didn't like the noise us kids were making while playing in the garden. Seemed grossly unfair at the time, even though the nursery was a normal house in the middle of an estate.
Although we now have six under 12s, plus friends at times, next door playing on their trampoline, shouting and screaming at each other (as well as the father yelling at them whenever some transgression occurs) - all day every day during the holidays and at weekends. It doesn't seem fair to complain. To keep our sanity, we take frequent short breaks away instead.
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I have a 3 year old living next door..when she's having a paddy it's mighty noisy but I brought up kids who were similarly as noisy but the neighbours coped.Actually she's become a bit of a singer..it's rather charming to listen to her as she climbs the slide and plays with her toys.
On the other side we have a mixture of teenagers and smaller children.Listening to them I'm pleased my days of bringing up my own teenagers is over..but it makes me smile rather than get cross.