Young children sure can and do make lots of noise—playing, trying new things, clamoring for attention, fighting, getting hurt, shouting for joy over some new discovery...
Depending on both the circumstances at hand and your perspective, children's noise can seem musical (even magical) or downright annoying.
I'm not really sure if the kids in your old neighborhood were especially ill-behaved and left to run amok, or simply engaging in normal, exuberant childhood behavior that sometimes needs temperng by a caring parent or other adult.
But K.J., since you say children are "naturally loud" (which would include each of us at one period of our lives), would you have parents "control" this natural behavior? If so, how, and to what degree?
No doubt you deserve your quiet wooded environment. Everyone needs a peaceful refuge from whatever noise disturbs their peace of mind.
Young children sure can and do make lots of noise—playing, trying new things, clamoring for attention, fighting, getting hurt, shouting for joy over some new discovery...
Depending on both the circumstances at hand and your perspective, children's noise can seem musical (even magical) or downright annoying.
I'm not really sure if the kids in your old neighborhood were especially ill-behaved and left to run amok, or simply engaging in normal, exuberant childhood behavior that sometimes needs temperng by a caring parent or other adult.
But K.J., since you say children are "naturally loud" (which would include each of us at one period of our lives), would you have parents "control" this natural behavior? If so, how, and to what degree?
No doubt you deserve your quiet wooded environment. Everyone needs a peaceful refuge from whatever noise disturbs their peace of mind.