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[quote=Anonymous]Sympathy for your husband. I'm really sensitive to that kind of noise, especially noise from people talking over each other and each getting progressively louder in order to be heard. I find it very stressful because my brain cannot follow what people are saying and so I have trouble processing my environment.

Do you think they are like this at school all of the time? They aren't. Especially the elementary school kids -- if they were doing this in 1st or 2nd grade, there would be consequences. Your kids know how to be quiet when there are consequences for refusing to be quiet, like missing out on an activity or having to separate from their buddy in class because they are making too much noise.

So do the same at home.

Being loud and excited in the yard while playing before dinner? Great! At the dinner table we don't interrupt and we keep our voices to an indoor-appropriate level. On a playground? Yell away.

In the car on the way to the playground? Those sounds are hurting mommy's ears and making it hard to focus on driving. I will pull over until we can make our voices quieter so that I can drive safely.

It sounds like you have a high tolerance for noise and chaos and your husband's tolerance is lower. I would consider that many people in the world are more like your husband than you, especially when it comes to your kids. He might do your kids a favor by expecting them to accommodate his tolerance level, whereas you might set them up for problems down the road if you expect everyone to be okay with their noise the way you are.[/quote]

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