Neighbours Shrieking Kids wrecking the peace of our quiet neighbourhood...?

Question

New neighbours in our formerly peaceful Toronto Canada neighbourhood, 5 screeching kids morning to sunset. I'm not sure why the parents don't read the riot act. My husband favours going inside and closing the windows, but its hot ... it bothers other neighbours too. Found out the parents don't care as they got aggressive when a neighbour went over to ask them for a 2 hour reprieve from 11am to 1pm on a Sunday & Saturday so the rest of us could enjoy our backyards. The screaming is too loud, too piercing and too disturbing to make it enjoyable sitting outside. Given the friendly approach has failed, looking for ideas. I favour a direct approach but looking for the right one. We live in Toronto Canada, and no we're not old fogeys with pickles up our ar*ses. And neither are our neighbours, just hardworking reasonable people who want some peace and quiet.

Answer 1

try a united front with the other neighbors. let the parents know what you want and the next steps if the children aren't dealt with- which should most likely be calling the authorities. if you do this, overdue it with kindness so not to look too aggressive. maybe you can bring a pie or some sort of symbol of peace. if that doesn't work, then get tough and bring the cops.

if it were me and problems still persisted after numerous failed attempts, then i'd play hardball. maybe i'd stinkbomb the yard the children play in. lets see them play in that funk. nope, they'd go in the house or maybe a park away from the house. pr maybe i'd bombard them with letters of how loud and annoying their children are. and better to leave out the return address. maybe you can post their address on the net and have people send letters too. a few hundred bags of mail would leave them not so happy. especially if all their other mail is mixed in with it and they'd have to go through it all. or, maybe you can get some m-80's and firecrackers and set them off in the middle of the night waking up their whole house.

Answer 2

If the children are that out of control and disturbing that many people, then I would definitly call teh police. and possibly even social services. perhaps the parents arent providing the right kind of home for the children. No child should act in that manner. You and your neighbors need to come up w/ a game plan. Then you need to go to these parents and tell them, look we understand kids will be kids and there will be noise and some yells but ur overdoing it blah blah blah. We all (itd be good to have back up w/ u) feel this way. if you cannot control your childrens behavior a little better then I am afraid will have to resort to filing a noise complaint. Or something to this effect.Be sure not to be over excessive expecting complete quiet 24/7. As humans (most of us anyways) it seems the angrier we become the more irrational we are. Be fair, but be strong. Good luck.

Answer 3

As much as I hate to say it, I really don't think that there is anything that " the law " can do. If you were complaining about the noise from 11:00PM to 1:00 AM, you might have a case. But you live in a residential neighborhood. Kids are allowed to play and make noise there during the day. You might hate that answer.....but it's the truth. The best chance you could have of changing things there would be getting a group of like mined neighbors to try and talk to the family about keeping the noise down..........but in the friendliest way possible. I know that if I lived next door to you, and my kids were in MY backyard at 11:00 am ( almost noon ) and yelling and having fun, you'd just have to deal with it. If you don't like the sounds of children playing, in the late morning, and afternoon, then you probably need to look into moving. Maybe buy an acre or two somewhere. Kids play in neighborhoods. Better than keeping them cooped up playing video games all day.

Answer 4

I hate noisy kids. I don't think there's any way you can solve this problem but to wait til they grow out of it.............ie in about another 10 yrs. Try sound proofing your house. Have thick and heavy curtains and wall to wall carpetting.
For revenge, blast heavy metal music at the time the kids are sleeping ie from about 9pm to midnight. Get all the other neighbors to do the same at the arranged time. Change the times to catch them unawares. If they call the police on you, all neighbors deny it.
Another form of revenge is to play recordings of barking dogs to wake them up during their quiet times which should be the times the kids are sleeping. Make sure they ARE at home or you might be disturbing an empty house.

Answer 5

I think the next step would be to contact the authorities.
I think the police will fine them for disturbing the peace. At least in the USA they will. The next step is to move or put up with it. Maybe you can find a nice spot In America?
Blessings and you certainly deserve a Prayer.
Rev. TomCat

Answer 6

I'm afraid during daylight hours there is nothing you can do. If after nightfall the children are keeping the neighbours awake, then you can call the police, but they won't do a thing during the day regarding noise.

Answer 7

Can you make a tape recording of the noise? Then you could play it for the parents, or the cops...either way.
The parents sound as if they are into what we call "limp-wristed parenting." In other words, their kids run the show.
Good luck!

Answer 8

call child abuse and see if every thing is OK; are they being watched correctly. If the parents got aggressive there may be problems in the home. Other than that, get together with your neighbors and buy a video game or good movie each week end and toss it over the fence.[paints and crayons are good too]

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Answer 10

I agree. Call the cops and file a complaint about a neborhood disturbance. The should send someone to investigate.