Kids can't play on the lawn - are you kidding?!

[Anonymous]

We used to live in a condo and I actually miss many things about it -- including, the great green spaces. Where we lived had benches, tables, a gazebo (in different spots) that made the areas very inviting. OP, do you think you could find a place like that and move next time your lease is up?

[Anonymous]

I just wonder what the catalyst for this change is. I also live in a community where children run the show and there are quite a few that are unsupervised and seem to be out of control. They're rude and destructive (picture a gang of 5 year olds ripping apart the lawn, bushes, flowers and the mommies are nowhere to be found) and I'm amazed at how they talk to adults and each other. They ride their bikes all over the grass rather than on the sidewalks and throw baseballs and footballs by the cars with zero acknowledgement when they hit cars and dent them. I've even seen them throwing rocks at cars "for fun". I'd welcome changes to the rules to get everyone calmed down and have the parents responsible for watching their kids. OP, has playtime always been nice and organized and all the parents are out there watching or has it gone downhill and maybe the older tenants have had enough?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have any kids either but it would be weird to be one here if you hate kids to the point that hearing them is like knives to your heart.

PP sounds like a grump. I don't like hearing bad kids playing, screaming, or fighting with each other outside, but normal kid noises are cool. I like hearing them have fun.

Yeah I agree with you. But all I know is the ones who scream and run down the hallways thats when I get anoyed (live in a condo with DH and pup). If kids are playing nicely outside thats fine but its when they start to get insane without parents watching them and/ or parents are not asking them to play without disrupting everyone around them is the problem

I'm a parent in a condo and I agree with this. I think kids should be raised with the expectation that they must keep their voices down in building common areas and limit their running/ jumping in their apartments when their downstairs neighbors are home. This has always been my expectation for my family. When my kid was a toddler, it required some extra effort on my part, but keeping a child's behavior reasonable and considerate is indeed possible.

[Anonymous]

Does the condo have a playground/play area?

I'm a parent of little ones. I think kids should be able to play on the grassy areas during certain hours. Obviously no one wants to be woken up early on a Sunday by screaming kids outside of your window. But between certain reasonable hours, kids should be able to play outside.

If you were going to stay, OP, I would get enough parents together to get the rules changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually (and this is not the pp you are quoting) I do not have kids and I am on here. Its not just a site for moms and dads. Sooooo......let her have an opinion.

Yes it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it's in the condo rules, then this *is* the place people move who don't want to hear/see kids playing.

Condo owner here--- EXACTLY!!! I do not want to hear your kids playing. I'm single and like to sleep in, take naps, and enjoy my nice green grass. This is one of the benefits of living the single life, my freedom, peace and quiet. Why would I want to listen to your kids? Take your kids to a park! I'm grateful for these rules because screaming kids 'playing' may be cute to you, but I guarantee it doesn't sound like violins and chirping birds to the rest of us.

When I was in my early 20s I lived in an apartment building near an elementary school. Every day at recess i could hear the kids screaming and playing. I thought it was wonderful. I remember one of my neighbors complaining about the noise and saying she looked forward to moving. I thought that was SO ODD to not enjoy that sound. I was single and young and freedom-loving and fun then and everything....

Let me guess, PP, are you also the breast feeding police? People like you bore me.

No, I am not the "breastfeeding police" whatever that means, but you sound like a bitch and I can completely see why the sound of children playing would bother you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't have any kids either but it would be weird to be one here if you hate kids to the point that hearing them is like knives to your heart.

PP sounds like a grump. I don't like hearing bad kids playing, screaming, or fighting with each other outside, but normal kid noises are cool. I like hearing them have fun.

Yeah I agree with you. But all I know is the ones who scream and run down the hallways thats when I get anoyed (live in a condo with DH and pup). If kids are playing nicely outside thats fine but its when they start to get insane without parents watching them and/ or parents are not asking them to play without disrupting everyone around them is the problem

Oh, okay. We have some of those around here, too. I hate those little hoodlums because they are so nasty to each other and everyone else, but I know their parents are to blame. Problem is, their parents are never watching them so I don't know *who* the parents are!

I was not sure if you were responding to me "yeah I agree with you..." or the PP who said she never wanted kids, that was not me. I did not know if you had called me a grump

I was calling 00:53 the grump.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Actually (and this is not the pp you are quoting) I do not have kids and I am on here. Its not just a site for moms and dads. Sooooo......let her have an opinion.

Yes it is.

Umm no its not just for parents. Why are you such a rude person? I like coming on here reading about the future I have with kids but thanks for being such an ass. You should not be on here if you are that obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually (and this is not the pp you are quoting) I do not have kids and I am on here. Its not just a site for moms and dads. Sooooo......let her have an opinion.

Yes it is.

Umm no its not just for parents. Why are you such a rude person? I like coming on here reading about the future I have with kids but thanks for being such an ass. You should not be on here if you are that obnoxious.

Maybe you should not have kids if you think "yes it is." is so rude and obnoxious that it gives you license to call someone an ass.

Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy.

[Anonymous]

"Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy. "

EVERYONE has been a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually (and this is not the pp you are quoting) I do not have kids and I am on here. Its not just a site for moms and dads. Sooooo......let her have an opinion.

Yes it is.

Umm no its not just for parents. Why are you such a rude person? I like coming on here reading about the future I have with kids but thanks for being such an ass. You should not be on here if you are that obnoxious.

Maybe you should not have kids if you think "yes it is." is so rude and obnoxious that it gives you license to call someone an ass.

Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy.

Wow you are an ASS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy. "

EVERYONE has been a child.

So? This a site about parenting issues, not about being a grown up. When people make comments about topics other than parenting, the underlying assumption is that those comments are coming from the perspective of a parent. Being a parent changes people -- the way they live their lives and the expectations they have of themselves and of others.

[Anonymous]

"When people make comments about topics other than parenting, the underlying assumption is that those comments are coming from the perspective of a parent."

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"When people make comments about topics other than parenting, the underlying assumption is that those comments are coming from the perspective of a parent."

Huh?

So when you comment about putting your jeans in the freezer, be sure to include that you are not a parent so we can recommend you see a doctor asap, instead of reassuringly telling you all the things we did when we had young kids and infants. And if you start feelign overwhelmed with the tediousness of the things you have to do all day, each and ever day, we won't tell you it gets better when your kids get older, we'll just tell you to see a psychiatrist instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually (and this is not the pp you are quoting) I do not have kids and I am on here. Its not just a site for moms and dads. Sooooo......let her have an opinion.

Yes it is.

Umm no its not just for parents. Why are you such a rude person? I like coming on here reading about the future I have with kids but thanks for being such an ass. You should not be on here if you are that obnoxious.

Maybe you should not have kids if you think "yes it is." is so rude and obnoxious that it gives you license to call someone an ass.

Yes, this is a parenting site -- and that includes people who want to be parents. It does not include people who think anyone interested in issues like breastfeeding are "boring." why go on a parenting site if you are not a parent yourself, don't want to be a parent, and think people interested in parenting issues are boring? Sounds like good fodder for therapy.

Wow you are an ASS!

Jealous.