Running around the house screaming

[Anonymous]

Was not allowed to do it growing up and I don't let my kids do it. Appropriate behavior in appropriate places.

[Anonymous]

We just had a game of tag in the dark in my house which included H and I running around scaring the kids. Some of you sound like boring parents.

[Anonymous]

As a child, it was forbidden as my Dad needed quiet and orderly behavior. I let my kids do whatever. The youngest is wild and crazy as the older one is reserved but with wild and crazy bursts only reserved for my younger one. We have a house and lots of land outside so it is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. But if they did, I'd say "If you're going to scream, go in the back yard to do it. Come in when you're finished."

All of you saying this, can you not?? The neighbors don't want to listen to them standing around screaming any more than you do!

Why not?! The outdoors are not meant to be quiet. Are you suggesting that kids shouldn't scream or yell (in other words, be loud) either indoors our outdoors?

Why does a kid need to scream at all if he/she is not in trouble? Stop enabling little jerks. No it’s not normal kid behavior. Stop allowing it.

[Anonymous]

No screaming in my house. Soft indoor voice, or you sleep outside like a wild animal. Those are the options.

[Anonymous]

No. Kids have never been allowed to do this. They can’t stand kids who behave this way. Late elementary school now. I don’t have anyone over whose kids act like this. If they do it at your house, they do it everywhere. It’s really disrespectful. That’s outdoor stuff. And jumping on the furniture-no way.

[Anonymous]

In my experience, when kids do this, it means it's time to go outside or if that is not possible, time for a cleaning project!

Or time for something like playdough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Kids have never been allowed to do this. They can’t stand kids who behave this way. Late elementary school now. I don’t have anyone over whose kids act like this. If they do it at your house, they do it everywhere. It’s really disrespectful. That’s outdoor stuff. And jumping on the furniture-no way.

Don’t worry nobody wants to come to your house.

[Anonymous]

No wonder kids these days have anxieties . All these kids cooped up in their uptight boring house with super controlling moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids do this? I was an only child, so I don't know what is normal and what is considered going "wild." I am also sensitive to noise and chaos and it bothers me when they do this, but if it's a normal part of childhood I guess I need to suck it up and deal? I usually try to redirect or just go somewhere else when it happens, but sometimes it can be hard to do without like, turning on the TV or offering some other undesirable distraction.

No, they didn't. It is not normal to run or scream indoors. Put them outside in back yard or take them to park to run and scream.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Kids have never been allowed to do this. They can’t stand kids who behave this way. Late elementary school now. I don’t have anyone over whose kids act like this. If they do it at your house, they do it everywhere. It’s really disrespectful. That’s outdoor stuff. And jumping on the furniture-no way.

Don’t worry nobody wants to come to your house.

No one would want to come to my house either as I have the same rules. Because you choose to allow your children to behave as though they are feral does not mean this is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Kids have never been allowed to do this. They can’t stand kids who behave this way. Late elementary school now. I don’t have anyone over whose kids act like this. If they do it at your house, they do it everywhere. It’s really disrespectful. That’s outdoor stuff. And jumping on the furniture-no way.

Don’t worry nobody wants to come to your house.

PP here. The flipside is that my kids have more invites than I can count to go the friends’ because they are well-behaved. If your kids act like wild animals, it affects their social lives. You may not notice while they are too young for drop off play dates, but it should become very clear to you around first grade whether people like having them over.