How early?

[Serenity9]

If you live in a densely populated area where houses are very close together, how early would you let your children go outside to yell and play with noisy toys? 

[pagas]

Construction starts here at 7am, so I guess then? Not that my kid would be awake to play then.

[gummybear]

Prob 9

[sapphireblue]

I don't have kids but I'm thinking 9 am. Maybe 8:30.

[sporky]

9 am

[speckledfrog]

8

[sewf]

9. I remember being childless and getting so annoyed when there was noise too early. And I always feel so bad for people with non-traditional hours, which there are a lot of in my neighborhood.

[Deleted]

Probably 7, especially if it's a neighborhood of mostly kids.

Except basketballs. OMG are those so loud and annoying. I rarely even hear the neighborhood kids except their basketballs.

[themysteriouswife]

Considering the construction crews are out at 8, probably 8. My kid is never up before 10 on days we are home.

[McGavin]

7 but only because I know my closest neighbours are up anyway. They never want to go that early though.

[Deleted]

8 am, unless it's the weekend and then 9.

[thebuddhagouda]

Weekday or Weekend? Probably 8 if I was magically home on weekdays but 9 on weekends when people might be sleeping in. People definitely get up and mow their grass here by 8:00 on Saturdays though since it's too hot much later than that.

We're always up by 6:30 because my son lacks the ability to sleep any later than that ::weeps::

[papie]

7 maybe in a weekday, 8 on a weekend?

[papie]

If your answer is 9, what do you do with your kids between 6 and 9???

[Serenity9]

My neighbor kids are out between 7 and 7:30. I know I'm lucky, but I live within walking distance to my job, so I don't have to be up until 8. ::grumble, grumble::

[thebuddhagouda]

May 4, 2015 7:45:45 GMT -5 papie said:

If your answer is 9, what do you do with your kids between 6 and 9???

Our Saturday mornings are usually pretty lazy. We all get up, and he watches tv while we make and eat breakfast and the grown ups get coffee. Then, he usually just colors or plays with toys while we decide what we're doing and we get ourselves and him ready. He doesn't generally get outside until we've done what we need to do for the day. 

[gummybear]

May 4, 2015 7:45:45 GMT -5 papie said:

If your answer is 9, what do you do with your kids between 6 and 9???

My kids usually aren't up until 7:30. I do let them go out in our yard and use the swing set whenever, or just hang out back there. They don't make much noise.

They'll come downstairs, eat, maybe watch a show. I really play it by ear. I am not hard and fast no noise before 9 AM. No one really cares in the neighborhood and the lawnmowers are out around 7:30. 

[jreeds]

I'd say 9. Although there are plenty of kids in our area and some go out sooner.

[floridakat]

We don't let them out on the weekends until around 9am. Our patio is right underneath the neighbor's master bedroom window. Of course, the last people who lived in that house let their kid play basketball at 7am every morning. That was unpleasant.

[Deleted]

8am. Sometimes he plays at 7:45 am depending on our morning. I make him wait until 8am to play basketball though. Normally some other neighbors are mowing the lawn/working outside by 8 am too though.

[Deleted]

8 or 9. There's plenty to do inside until then.

[hopecounts]

weekends- 9 for anyone who may be sleeping in
weekdays- 8:30 or so everyone is up and gone by then on our street (it's a small cul-de-sac so know them and their work routine from conversation) or have little kids who are up and playing for the other SAHP family.

[EmilieMadison]

8

[readyin07]

9.

[eb777888]

The only time David is outside early is when his cousins are over. I have to constantly tell them to be quiet. I don't want them to wake the neighbors.

[SpartanGirl]

8

[revolution]

9 AM on the weekends. Every once in a while at 8:30 if they play in the sandbox quietly.

We aren't really densely populated.... every house has about 1/2 or 3/4 of an acre, but that's close enough for me to not want my kids yelling and waking people up.

[kadams767]

May 4, 2015 7:45:45 GMT -5 papie said:

If your answer is 9, what do you do with your kids between 6 and 9???

Is the only option for them to go outside and yell and play with noisy toys?  LOL.  Our neighbor kids might be outside earlier, but they are mostly playing with quiet toys and keeping normal volume levels, IMO.  I am up pretty early with my dog, so I don't really care either way, but I know for a fact that my neighbor's Saturday routine is to go for a walk with his dog and his two kids starting at 7am.  They walk around the neighborhood, stop at the coffee shop, and then come home.  Then the kids seem to either go back inside, and if they stay outside, they do things like build a snowman in the winter or play with chalk on the driveway when it's nice outside.  Oh, and sometimes they have breakfast picnics out there and eat their cereal on a blanket in the front yard.  But they're never really out there with stuff like basketballs or power wheels that make a ton of noise until later in the day, it seems.     

[eb777888]

May 4, 2015 7:45:45 GMT -5 papie said:

If your answer is 9, what do you do with your kids between 6 and 9???

David almost never goes outside in the morning. He wakes up at 7 or 8 on the weekends and we don't get up until 10. He just plays with Legos or his Minecraft figures.

I could see if you have multiple kids it's an issue. Like I said, when David's cousins are over I'm kicking them outside, lol.

[Serenity9]

They have a plastic car that they run back and forth across the paver stones. I wish they would be typical flighty kids and lose interest in that thing.