Kindergarten party raided

This strikes special chord of annoyance with me. I live in a neighborhood- NOT by a nursery or elementary school- and I am dealing with a similar problem. We bought this house 3 years ago and have done a TON of work on it, including building a very nice deck in the back. I am a med student and therefore must spend several hours per day studying quietly. I think you can guess where this is going. 3 houses down lives a family that must know nothing of birth control because they have at least 5 kids and discipline none of them. Their idea of parenting is buying a trampoline for the backyard and ushering the kids out to it whenever they are home.
I think it is great that the kids play outside. What I don't like is that they are incapable of playing without screaming, at the top of their lungs every 3 seconds as if they were having a contest to see who could make my ears bleed first. Do the parents ever come out and, well, PARENT? No. Of course not.
So now on any nice day (which is when I would use it) I cannot study on my deck that we built specifically for this purpose. It has gotten to the point that I cannot study in the HOUSE half the time either, even with all the windows down (and we bought all new windows last year). I often feel as though I am being kept prisoner by bad parenting. Playing outside is great, but it can be done without screaming! These kids need to be taught that screaming at the top of their lungs isn't appropriate behavior!
One day this summer when I was studying for the first board exam, I did call the police. I don't know if they came or not. I suppose I could have walked down and asked them to be quiet, but I can assure you there is NO WAY the mother (if she's even there) doesn't know how loud they are. I don't have time to waste arguing with someone either, most of the time I'm on a strict schedule, and when this is going on I'm already very behind. I assure you I spent hours trying to ignore it before I finally called.
Whether you agree or not, my neighborhood has a noise ordinance which the kids were violating. The noise ordinance exists so that all the neighbors can live together. When my dogs are barking I get up off my couch, walk outside, and reprimand them. Do the same thing with your kids- just because you don't have anything to do but watch daytime soaps doesn't mean the rest of us are idle as well.
Before you accuse me of hating kids, or never being a kid, or whatever you guys pull out of your hat when someone doesn't find your child as adorable as you do, I was a kid. I lived on a farm, with no visible neighbors. I had ALL KINDS of fun. My mother would not have allowed me to make this sort of noise because she was shaping my behavior so I would act appropriately in public situations and later as an adult. I'm thankful for her parenting. Perhaps some other mothers out there could take a lesson from her.

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Yeah, they took care of those bad ass 5 year olds!

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I had a pain in the ass neighbor who always called the cops even if you farted to loud...................He finally got the nerve up to take a swing at me, I whooped his ass and he put his house up for sale 4 days later.......................I guess I should've whooped that ass years ago

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Most likely it would not have bothered me, but I am lucky that I have neighbors that come ask me if their music is bothering me when they have a get together. It never does but I also understand that I live in a neighborhood where my neighbors on each side are less than 20 feet away and there are kids throughout the neighborhood and there is going to be noise.

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In the USA they would have been shot. And if Republicans have anything to do with it they would have been stunned with stunguns then shot.

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Check out how the cops are holding the guns. Like in the USA finger on the trigger ready to shoot. I've noticed this recent STUPID COOL way to hold a gun by cops. If they try to fire the gun with the butt in the air like that, it will smack them right in the jaw and they will miss their target. Hope I'm there when it happens

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To all the complainers....How quiet were YOU when five years old? You were probably the worst kid in the 'hood.

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How pathetic, it was 6:30pm, not 10 or 11pm. And did the neighbor move in knowing there was a daycare next door? What a jerk!

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I find this very funny. Some cranky person complained. If you live that close to a school, daycare, preschool, etc. Anything that hosts children then you will hear a lot of noise. What did they think just because they live near a school it would be quit. It would be one thing if it was 100:30p.m at night and your neighbor that lives in the apartment above u is blasting his sorry music then yeah that is being rude. A bunch of children playing "Bob the Builder" music at 6:30 p.m isn't. It must have been an old man or just a really mean A-hole. Who complains about music being played at 6:30 in the evening. If that is the case stay away from the early bird dinner specials and go out for dinner at 6:30pm dude.

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Warren G. your comment is like the pot calling the kettle black. You are a D.J. and you'd complain about your neighbor playing their music to loud at 6:30pm when you blast music near residental areas much later at night. That don't make much sense does it. It is a little bit ruder when it is 11:30pm and your having a loud party next door as to compare to 6:30pm with a bunch of toddlers. Come on, give me a break. Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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I agree with you to a degree. Play music loud after dark is rude, but if it is 6:30pm I don't have a problem with it. Playing loud music (or instruments,) at 8:00pm is rude or really early in the morning. I say play is from 10-7, anything before or after is just disrepectful.

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Why does everyone asume peace and quiet loving neighbor moved next to noisy brats. Spoiled brats breeders may have moved in to quiet neiborhood. Requardless if I can hear your noise in my home, it is to loud. I would have called once to tell them to cut the volume, then turned on the sprinkler system

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if you are a cranky nebhoir MOVE because the noise NEVER stops

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So sad really here in the USA they probably all be dead ask Sean Bell ,oops you can,t he was killed in a fifty shot shoot out he (Sean Bell) was unarmed! Thank the good lord above those kids weren,t living in the USA , the papers would have read tragedy at kids party!!

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First off, if babies are conditioned to NOT wake up to noise, then they won't. My oldest daughter was in the intensive care nursery for 4 weeks after she was born (she was 6 weeks early and had some other medical issues because of that) and THE NURSERY had music playing AT ALL TIMES because they wanted the babies to become used to noise so that they didn't wake up if someone spoke in the same room.
Secondly, I personally think that "bumping" is ignorant to begin with. I remember when I was younger, cranking up my car stereo to a good song(or songs) but at least you COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT SONG WAS PLAYING and the people in the car next to me didn't have to have the metal in their cars vibrate as well. Besides, most people who "bump" don't realize that even though they are TRYING to impress others with how awesome their stereo is, the sound of the car rattling does NOT impress.
Finally, if it was 6:30 in the evening, the neighbor should have just dealt with it. I wonder how many times that neighbor ran his lawn mower or leaf blower or whatever other combustable engine equipment he owns during nap time?

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The complainers are the same kind of people that go camping in bear country and want the bears killed so they can camp without worry,,or go swimming in the ocean but dont want to deal with sharks,,,or move next to a dog kennel,,and complain about barking dogs.
they are just a bunch of narcissistic bastards that think the world revovles around them.

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They were having an ANNUAL party, It doesn't happen weekly or daily. Absolutely stupid. it was a classromm of 5 year olds NOT a drug dealing corner! Should have wwent and asked the teacher to turn it down a bit. Parties with music are usually LOUD! Betcha don't enjoy block parties either

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LOL good point

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