Plenty of reaction has followed a mum's musings as to whether 8.30am at the weekend is too early to let her toddler play outside in the garden.
The mum sparked a variety of responses when she wrote on mumsnet about whether she should let her toddler run round the garden at 8.30am on the weekend, the Mirror reports. In the post from Theresamagicalplace, she wondered if she was "accidentally the neighbour from hell" and said her partner thought it was too early. There was a varied response when she asked on the popular parenting forum, am I being unreasonable?
The post reads in full: "The tiny terrorist is on one this morning and I said to my partner it's fine we can get him out in garden in 20 mins or so to burn off the excess energy. He looked at me like I had two heads and told me anything before 10 or 10.30 on a weekend was unacceptable and would make us those neighbours.
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"For context we have 2 attached neighbours both with babies or young children themselves and ours is only a toddler so plays relatively quietly (obviously not silently though). So aibu [am I being unreasonable], am I accidentally the neighbour from hell?"
When Bristol Live posted the story on Facebook, scores of people replied - with the majority believing kids should be allowed to play in their gardens.
Marce Place commented: "Any time is too early if kids are being so loud it disturbs the neighbours. My kids go out early but they've been taught to be mindful of others. If they start getting a bit screamy then they get reminded to keep it down and if it happens too many times then they have to come in for a bit. Everyone should be allowed to enjoy some outside space, kids don't take priority."
Jodi Luna posted: "Builders start at that time! Much rather hear kids playing than drilling etc in the morning."
Christina Edwards said: "Parents need to be a bit more considerate to their neighbours. Not everyone wants to hear children screaming and making noises from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. When you work 5 days a week, it’s nice to relax and have some piece and quiet and maybe a lay in bed, without being woken by kids playing out in gardens."
Kerri Bateman said: "My child will go outside whenever she wants unless it's bedtime, I used to have a neighbour that let her kids play outside from 6am and not one day we're they laughing I remember clear as day the mum screaming their names cos the kids were screaming all morning outside, didn't complain thou it's not my garden be happy the kids are happy and not crying screaming with their siblings."
Jonathan Gazeley commented: "The sun isn’t so strong in the morning. It’s an ideal time to let kids play outdoors without letting their skin burn."
And Dilly Campbell added: "Such a shame that children playing in the garden is now considered noise pollution. We played outside all day when I was young from early in the morning. I suppose these people would like them quietly playing on a screen ….SAD WORLD."
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