my neighbours kids never stop screaming!!! Driving me insane

I have the same problem, I get my boom box out and kick out the jams full blast, they get the hint after a few minutes

You think that works?

Thank you!!!!!! SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK . For any neighbors, if it bothers you so much MOVE OUT ! No one forces you to be there matter of fact we pay rent, have jobs , and still balance being a parent of more than 2 kids. Most people that complain usually don’t have kids but talk the most sh*t. The only advice I give to someone like that is to just suck it up or leave, Sorry not sorry.

You dare tell kid haters to suck it up and leave?! Why don't you take your own advice instead?! In fact, put yourself in the shoes of those who can't stand screamin' kids!

I wish that I could scare kids into silence from screaming.

I live in a row-house complex and for the first four years living there it was nice and quiet, but then last year a family with five young kids moved in two houses over. Since then it has been sun up to sun down shrill screeching at the top of their lungs coming from right outside my window in the little path between the houses across from us. They kept staring into my window at me so now I have to keep my shades constantly closed. No matter what room in my house I go into I can't escape the noise. The noise triggers my migraines which makes the screeching feel like a hole is being drilled into my skull. These obnoxious little brats have caused me to have nervous breakdowns in which I am finally resigned to taking anti-anxiety meds. I wear earplugs under noise-reducing headgear like the types used at gun ranges and I can STILL hear their shrieks loud and clear! I seriously dread the end of the school year and I even pray for rain everyday so the little monsters will be trapped indoors! Their parents don't instill ANY discipline in these kids, I swear! It takes every fiber of my being to not rush outside and yell at them to shut the f**k up! I am way too afraid of confrontation so I'm thinking about leaving an anonymous strongly worded letter in their mailbox.

That is the typical placatory stock response of the defensive parent "you don't have kids do you?".....no, and neither do I have a pilots license, but when I see a helicopter crashed into a tree I know somebody messed up somewhere.

I may not have kids but I have common sense & deserve some peace too....just because I don't have children does not give parents the right to invalidate my opionions & feelings.

It's very easy to be casual about noise when it doesn't affect you personally..... so, whilst we all suffer from health conditions, stress & sleep deprivation because parents can't/won't teach their kids manners, we're all hugely reassured that "they'll grow out of it"...… so, yeah, thanks for that.....

Controlling kids might not be easy - nobody said it was - but it's a lifestyle decision & parents need to take appropriate action, I was never allowed to scream so loud I caused a problem..... ever.

Unfortunately, talking to parents about their kids noise never ends well, they get hugely defensive & I guarantee the kneejerk responses "They're only KIDS" or "You don't have kids do you" will be all you'll get out of them...… they are usually hugely entitled & only care about their little snowflakes :-(

Really?.... sounds like the ranting of a poor parent to me?....

Your children are a LIFESTYLE CHOICE, YOUR choice.... why should the rest of us lose sleep over your inability to instill some controls in your children?...

SO I'LL SAY IT LOUDER JUST FOR YOU



and I sincerely hope you lack of parenting comes back to bite you in the a$$ when your "more than 2 kids" start becoming a real issue...…...enjoy!!

THANK YOU FOR TELLING HIM THAT!!! It's about time someone else besides me puts that prick in his damn place for refusing to respect how others feel about screaming kids.

I completely agree - my neighbours kids are exactly the same, the noise has been ongoing for over a year & in May they installed a monster trampoline which is much higher than my fence so they can now see in. This trampoline has the little darling shrieking/screaming constantly – and then there are arguments and tears and it’s just a nightmare. This carries on most of the evening & these feral kids sound like they’re coming through the walls at 01:30 in the morning…..when I have guests it keeps them awake too, so I've bought some noise cancelling headphones to try to cope with it

Local council will do nothing & neither will the property management company who have “sent them a letter”…… wow, well done!.... of course this has had no impact but when I got home after a week away there was a soiled nappy in my back yard (gate is locked & I doubt it feel from the sky) so I guess that is my neighbour’s response.

I’m not going to go round because I know exactly how it works with defensive entitled parents “You don’t have kids do you?” (no, neither do I have a pilot’s licence but when I see a helicopter crashed into a tree it’s obvious somebody f*cked up) or the old knee jerk classic “kids will be kids” (aka I can’t/won’t deal with it & how dare you even mention it, but actually kids behaviour depends on how they are taught “monkey see – monkey do” loud entitled parents = loud entitled chidren). Besides which my neighbour on the other side, who does have kids, has already tried & nothing has changed.

We hear a lot about special needs kids & how they need to be treated differently but very little about adults with aspergers/fibromylalga/HSP/SPS/misophonia – I have these conditions & loud high pitched noises that I can’t escape from cause me to have panic attacks & really stress me out….. but apparently that’s not important……. and for those who say “just move”….. NO.... why should I?... just because somebody won’t actually discipline their kids?.

It’s a pretty noisy estate anyway – several households lack “volume control” or consideration for neighbours – entitlement is everywhere & it’s getting worse.

What I have done is bought a mosquito device which emits a shrieking noise that only younger people can hear & so, if my neighbours insist on continuing to disturbing the peace they’ll be getting a dose of their own medicine very soon & of course I’ll be concealing it very well so they will have no idea which house it’s coming from and neither will the council, just that it’s painful & they don’t want to be anywhere near it…. so I might actually be able to sit in my garden this Summer....

Well, now you know how it feels folks….. so, sorry, not sorry…….

i lost my wife to cancer and bought up my 2 boys alone . ive had kids . I have a family next to me and the kids scream day in and day out , i cant use my garden at all if its sunny . I know how kids should behave . i feel guilty now that i was a respectful and good parent , i did repremand my kids , i did monitor their noise , yet parents banging on about people with no kids or those who have never had any is c**p . right is right and wrong is wrong, I talking as a parent - KEEP THE KIDS UNDER CONTROL

I lost my wife to cancer and bought up my 2 boys alone . ive had kids . I have a family next to me and the kids scream day in and day out , i cant use my garden at all if its sunny . I know how kids should behave . i feel guilty now that i was a respectful and good parent , i did repremand my kids , i did monitor their noise , yet parents banging on about people with no kids or those who have never had any is c**p . right is right and wrong is wrong, Iam talking as a parent, i was respectful to my neighbours - KEEP THE BL@@DY KIDS UNDER CONTROL

A great shame that many parents (of the entitled variety) don't feel the need to exert any control over their kids because "They're just kids y'know".... you have my fullest sympathy, my neighbours are a total nightmare, parents bellowing constantly & sound like town criers (the curse of the terminally stupid & unaware) so no wonder their feral kids scream & squeal constantly. I've had enough sleepless nights & unable to work during the day, so I'm selling my house & moving out of this squalid ghetto.....I hope the parents get the full benefit of their lack of control over their screaming kids, they're welcome to them.....

I'm sorry that you went through all that junk. To prove my sympathy to you, I declare that you don't deserve to be troubled that way or in any other way for that matter. Plus, you're right that kids should be kept under control.

Guess you've never had to deal with full blown eastern European gypsies burning plastic and tires right next door. That's turn you pretty damn racist. If only that was all.