how early is too early for kids to play out?

*max*

Try living in the heart of a rioting area in Belfast...I wish there were MORE kids in my street. It'd make a nice change from the drunken yobs shouting under my windows at 4am and the sound of the police landrovers parked on my street with engines running. Fun.

MrsAtobe

As someone who has worked shifts and on call, I'd say it depends more on the child or children, tbh. If they are the sort who can play without screaming or screeching, then they can play in the street from 6 am, for all I care. If they can't, them 2 pm is an acceptable time to let them out.

Can you tell I don't have kids

*Twinkle*

My neighbours keep me awake every weekend with loud music, pratting around in the garden til gone midnight ect, i send my kids aged 6 and 2 in the back yard to play straight after breakfast, as soon as my 10 month old is walking, he'll be joining them

onlyroz

Wish I could persuade my kids to go outside at all. I think they must be vampires...

balletshoes

onlyroz wrote: »

Wish I could persuade my kids to go outside at all. I think they must be vampires...

mine is definitely a vampire - she practically hisses at direct sunlight :rotfl:.

System

I'm so grateful there are no kids here. On my days off i like a lie in! (bearing in mind i'm quite often up at 4am for work)

Now if only i could persuade my neighbour not to hoover at 2am :eek: , i'd be getting somewhere :mad:

dibuzz

borkid wrote: »

Do you mean they are home tutored? If that's the case your comment is really interesting to me. My new neighbour home tutors her son and he is the noisiest of all the children around here. He just doesn't seem to realise that he isn't the centre of the universe.

I think they must be as they have been here a few months now and are around when other kids are at school.
I like hearing kids play but these just scream and shout non stop.

Gillyx

We live in a flat but if I had my own garden, I'd probably allow my son out as soon as he'd had breakfast, so it could be as early as 8.30. He is a real outdoors child, he just loves to be outside. He'd probably make more noise, being wound up and bored inside than he would do outside

kettlefish

I let DD in the back garden at 8.30am on a weekday, 9am on weekends. I personally wouldn't let her play out in the street until around 9.30am as that's when all the cars have gone off to work. It wouldn't be for any selfless reason - letting neighbours have lie ins? pffft! - it'd be because I wouldn't want her out in the road at the busiest time of the day!

I'm with the other posters who say they don't mind the sound of kids playing and the odd squeal. If it's continuous shouting, squealing, bad language and shrieking, I'd be peeved if it was before 8am and after 8pm.