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

Dose of reality indeed.

I can relate my neighbors screaming child wakes me up keeps me up its horrible n disturbing I'm sorry but we have I e bedroom apartments n honestly they shud perhaps move into a larger place its not fair to neighbors or child

Dont you just love these rude people saying basically its ok for screaming brats to destroy the neighbors lives!.



Then you wonder why their kids have no manners- simply because they have none and dont teach their kids any.



Kids should be seen and not heard was the way we were raised. ALL of us have manners .





Its the breeding without weeding out thats the problem.

hello married Chic, Just finding out how to use this forum. Your post is outstanding . Dont worry about the person who wrote oh you have 3 years but know nothing. It should be law that A if you cant afford a kid you dont have one B that all must do a good manners and raising kids course. We have lived her for 30 years but in the last 5 the new neighbors moved in their married daughter & husband who just breed like rabbits living off us the tax payers. We have also used music to drown out the noise. Would you believe even if its just on softly trying to have a BBQ the mother of these feral kids swears and hails abuse at us. Five people have moved out of this house because of her noisy screaming non stop brats. We own our place=- They are from NZ and its a tiny wee house. Mother father & grandparents all sleep in one end of the house with paper thin walls. How unreal is that. I find them and their way of live offensive. They dont speak they shout. The kids do likewise and one kids a boy never stops tantrums. I do mean never stops. We have shouted out a few times shut those bloody kids up in desperation but they just make sure the brats scream louder. I say remove these kids from their parents and fine the parents for disturbing others peace.

are you retarded? Do you think other parents LET their children scream in public...oh yeah they say hey sally scream as loud as you can and I'll just stand here and LET it happen k sweetie!" When a four year old wants something in a store and the mother says sorry no not today,then the child proceeds to throw themselves on the ground crying I want it the toy that parent either A) beats the kid - police are called ,child is abused grows up as a criminal B) buys the toy to shut them up because you know people don't like to hear them cry aaand they grow up thinking the world revolves around them and again end up as a criminal or C) distract -doesn't work they still cry and piss every one off ,you don't give in they still cry and piss every one off and simply walk them out of the store and they still cry ,still pissing people off but they did not get what they wanted and in due time they will learn that screaming will not work and it stops happening.....Come on now peeps think about it for a minute please and what you're saying....

i totally agree. and does anyone have any suggestions on how to just escape the noise? i guess the only way is like earplugs. my roomates child destroys everything in his path knocking down lamps and breaking everything that he hasnt spat on or gotton milk on. its gross she doesnt clean up after him and just says " what bubba" when he screams. however if he touches her prized cell phone that she uses to talk to men all day, shell beat him mercilessly. i dont know what to do.

Mrs Manners wrote:

Guest wrote:

I don't have kids, but my sister has four that I'm around constantly, that are all very young. She has taught them the concept of inside/outside voice, and that you can't just run around and scream because you feel like it. Just like our parents taught us. Outside in a public park - okay to make loud noise. In your back yard surrounded by neighbors, NO.

Recently we had some people move next door, and their kid is either screaming or sobbing from sunup to sundown. There are many other kids in the neighborhood, and this ONE child makes more noise than all of them combined. This is not just a kid playing. All of the kids in our neighborhood play outside, and make some noise. This is just screeching, growling, banging on things, and then hysterical sobbing. There is a mother and grandmother, who just side inside watching TV with the door open, and every three minutes one of them shouts "Michael Lucas, STOP DOING THAT!!!". It's insane. I tried talking with them about it, but they 1) don't realize it's a problem for a child to be outside screaming all the time and 2) thought I was intolerant of their "beautiful, creative child". If he grows up to be Picasso, I'll be sorry. But all I can see is psychotherapy for this monster that our other neighbors called a "found feral child raised in the jungle by howler monkeys".

Since then my solution is to run a huge fan inside on high. It's irritating, but it creates a white noise that blocks out the screeching and wailing. When I see that their car is gone, I turn it off. The second I hear that little brat, I crank it up. I thought about blasting noise in their direction, but don't want to give them any ammunition to say that I make noise, too. We are also (meaning all our neighbors and us) calling their landlord every other day to ask what he's going to do about this.

Children should be allowed to be children. That doesn't mean that everyone else around them needs to suffer.

Dont you just love these rude people saying basically its ok for screaming brats to destroy the neighbors lives!.

Then you wonder why their kids have no manners- simply because they have none and dont teach their kids any.

Kids should be seen and not heard was the way we were raised. ALL of us have manners .


Its the breeding without weeding out thats the problem.

Guest- Sorry I didnt see your post before. Yes so true what you write. Our neighbors have the grandmother & mother all living together too.
They sit on the lounge watching Tv with the door open and the kid screaming full on all day.

We run air cons radios pool pumps spa pumps but nothing blokes it out.

The child of course is not welcome at other kids houses up & down the street.

Sad for the kids as he doesn't know why. Nobody wants him playing with their kids.
Everybody feels sorry for us because we are right next door.
Child Safety are trying to do something to remove the kid but its very hard.
I guess the bottom line is there are people who should not breed because they have no breeding basically.

Cheryl



Well that says it all really doesn't it. This is a good example of why kids grow up with zero manners,.



Your first 3 words to me which are Are you retarded gives us all a good insight as to why some children grow up without and manners or boundaries.



Thats for the demonstration .

" If they'd rather die, then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population. Good night, gentlemen. Bah! Humbug! "

~Charles Dickens

You obviously have some temper issues yourself. That's why your child is a brat.

Here's a thought for all you kid haters. I know a young man who's autistic and cries at the drop of a hat. Yes, loudly! Yes, for hours on end! Does that make him a bad kid? I don't think so. Does that make his mother a bad mother? No. His crying is a symptom of his condition, which is real. I don't think it should mean that his family should live in the middle of nowhere to escape fear of some id**t neighbor calling the cops or cps on them all the time. I'm sure all of your neighbors could find something that you do that is complaint worthy if they looked hard enough. Nobody is perfect, right?

Exactly. A family with kids moved-in across the street behind my house about 6 months ago. I lived here in peace and relaxation for 4 years until they moved here. They always have three cars in their driveway (a huge white van, and a crappy old car, etc). Instead of those kids (ages of about 6-8 years old) playing and screaming in their own backyard), they come over to the empty lot behind my fence and scream so loud my old dog can not hear me talk to him, my ears are bursting, my nerves are absolutely shot and I can not feel relaxed at all anymore. I'm not talking just occasional loud yells, I'm talking constant screaming and yelling, so loud you cannot think or hear anything else, and it goes on from about 3:00pm to 9:00 pm at night. If I say anything about it, I'm sure my property will be destroyed in the future because of it. My dog can't even relax in peace. I'm tired of hearing the word "psychopath" screamed at the top of their lungs toward each other, etc. I slammed my garage door so loud one evening, the 'blood-curdling' loud screaming and yelling stopped for about 3 hours, but then it went right back to the 'non-stop' yelling and screaming that same night (behind my fence, in an empty lot). I never once heard their parents come out and say "be more quiet". Actually the parents don't ever spend time with those kids outdoors. My nerves are shot, and I now worry for my dog because who knows if one day those disrespectful, abusively loud kids will decide to mess with my old dog or property (because they will think it's either cool, they are insulted or because they are bored).

The other thing, is that the parents say 'move elsewhere if you don't like the noise,' BUT, when people create 'childfree neighbourhoods,' or neighbourhoods that ban childrens' noise, the parents complain and want to move there.

It isn't as easy for some single parents.

It's hard when you're the one giving them discipline, and no matter how hard you stick to it, they see their other parent every fortnight, who lets them do whatever they want, and when they return, you start all over again.

And to all the people who say "well you shouldn't have gotten pregnant", can you honestly say no one in your life has ever changed? No one's turned out to be someone different to how you knew them? No stressful circumstances have arisen to make the  other person "freak out". When you're married, and in love, and trust the other person, and something devastating happens, it can happen to anyone, at any age, not just young parents.

It's also hard when the parent is single and dealing with a child with aspergers, adhd, or a birth defect. Sometimes they have previous children, that are all healthy and fine, and then they have a child with, say, autism, and this can then in turn, affect once perfectly behaved older children. Shame on all of you people for having no empathy. So much unnecessary judgment. I know none of you are perfect.

My noisy neighbors moved in above my apartment, in September 2010.  They have a 4 or 5 yr old kid, who jumps heavily, and runs throughout their apt., all weekend, and every day from 4-10:30pm I complained to them immediately, since I have lived here for 7 years and have never had this bad an issue with a noisey neighbor before (im on L.A., Ca., btw). Even the college kids with their parties, and loud music are no match for this one kid. The woman was very nice about it at first said her "kid"  was excited about Christmas.  Mind you it was only September and they had a plastic Christmas tree in their living room.  I said okay.  If you could keep the running back n' forth throughout the apt all day, and night, and the jumping with bricks on his feet to a minimum that would be great. For the next few weeks it continued.  I grit my teeth and beared it for as long as I could.  I went up again, asked the mother again if they could please keep the running, and jumping to a minimum.  She was very nice, as was I and this time told me her son has ADD, she's sorry.  It continued.  By the 3rd time I went up, and told her the jumping and running was way outta hand, I needed a break.  She said Im sorry.  Here's my phone number, call me or text me next time so you dont have to keep coming up here, so it's easier on you.  At that point I knew, these parents knew all along their kids was a nightmare, and it was evident it was a case of bad parenting, and I wouldnt doubt it if they got kicked out of their last apt, for his behavior, and tenant complaints.  I had to text her twice in November, and once in December to ask her again, PLEASE, can I get a break from the jumping and running.  Each time it stoped for a day or 2 tops. I had to go up there a total of 5 times, throughout, and texted her 3 times total.  I finally went to the manager and complained.  They said I needed to call security.  I said you want me to call security on a 4-5 yr old, who has bad parents ?  They said yes.  After pleading my case to the head manager finally said he would get a note out to them as soon as he could.  That note was not delivered until September 2012.  Mean while, this noisy kid has been jumping and running, and screaming for the last 2.5 yrs.  Everyday without fail.  I asked management if they could be relocated to a first floor apt, so their kid could jump and run all he wanted and no one else would have to endure it.  They said no.  I asked if I could be relocated to another apt., they said they didnt have any available at this time (749 unit building, hard to believe every apt,. is taken).  After my neighbor received her notice from mgnt, she came down and complained about my boyfriends smoking.  I looked at her with the most surprised look on my face, because I couldnt believe she had the audacity to come down and complain for the first time, 2.5 yrs later after 2.5 yrs of me putting up with her little ankle biter.  I said we would do our best, but I could not control which way the wind blew.   I went to mgmt, told them I had been complaining to you guys about this families kid since they moved in, in 2010, and nothing is being done about this.  I said Im quiet, respectful of everyone else, I pay my rent on time, and no one has ever complained about the smoking.  She said well, they cant, because we allow smoking here, and you are not the only one who smokes in this building.  I said I know. I said they can close their windows, I cannot turn off their kid.  I said the running, jumping with heavy feet, screaming, they never stop it, even long before this incident, and it goes on until 10-10:30 every single day.  I said I cant go to bed till 10:30, because their kids prevents it.  In any case.  I'm not sure what im going to do.  Their next door neighbor moved out, and she used to complain to them about their kid too, cause he would bang on the adjoining walls.  But in all seriousness.  Families with small children should be given 1st floor apt., units only.  This is such a headache, day in and day out for me. Im stressed constantly, I hate coming home, IM losing sleep, because my quiet enjoyment of my apt., is all based around this kid above me. I told my management that no one would put up with this, for as long as I have had to, and if I moved out, the next tenant would probably do much worse, than just verbally complain.  Two and half years of this kid running throughout their apt. jumping with bricks on his feet, and they never stop it, screeching, he has not been taught the indoor voice / play, and outdoor voice/play.  It all comes down to bad parenting where most kids are concerned.  And my neighbors above me are living proof of that.  Their ankle bitter dictates my life in my own apt, below them. And it's not fair to me.  Parents with kids have no regard, or respect for others.  And they always come up with an excuse for their kids actions.  This family also told me they were cutting sugar out of his diet, to prevent him from being so hyper, yet when they told me this, I had run into them in the elevator, and they had fruit loops in their grocery bag. REALLY ?   After 3 complaints in regard to a tenant, the management is supposed to do something about it, evict, not renew lease, etc., but management has done nothing for me.  Im at my wits end, and do not know what else to do.