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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I like BayleighL's ideas. It could work.
I've lived all my life with kids of various ages playing and swimming(next-door neighbors have had a pool these last 10 years or so) next door and often running into my front yard(and backyard at times) without that level or length of noise harassment. Noise that is that loud and sustained enough to make a neighbor's life miserable is usually illegal in the city and neither normal nor necessary for kids to thoroughly enjoy themselves so I'd probably walk over with a box fully loaded with iced and soft-serve cookies, iced and cream-filled cupcakes, doughnuts, goodies of all kinds and bribe them in the friendliest way into teaching their kids how to have fun without screaming to capacity day and night. It's entirely doable. These days too few parents seem to worry about how loud their kids get - amazes me at time that they put up with it themselves. Hint there could be more to come if the outcome if favorable.
And I'd probably secretly record the meeting just for my safety's sake.
Good luck! |
I have (they are grown) 4 kids and now 7 grandkids. I love when my yard is filled with happy kids sounds. I also taught jr. high special ed and I loved those kids. And, they can be great when rallied to a cause. Someone has to be willing to mentor children. And, actually, in a world where families are often away from family, someone needs to mentor families. I totally get the neighbors can be rude thing, we've experienced that, too. But more often I have found that making real connections reaps rewards, like when we had a backyard wedding and I needed the surrounding neighbors to not mow, weed whack, etc. on primetime. My kids learned to respect "elders" when we were the only young family in a neighborhood filled with retirees still living in their homes. I started a Neighborhood Watch program and that became the vehicle for us to get to know some truly special people who became grand-neighbors to our children as they were born. Did they all want to listen to our kids - of course not! We need families who love their older neighbors and our (sometimes) yappy dogs. We are our best ambassadors. I truly hope all works out well for you.