We Are NOT Going To Be The Bad Guys THIS Time!!

Once again it is on the way to 10pm and the kids who have been out screaming and hollering until after midnight most nights are once again out there shrieking like banshees, tonight joined by the children of visitors to their two suites.  I went out one night, my husband went out the subsequent two or three nights, and while the kids have always complied with our requests to stop yelling and go inside, they are not getting the "hint" that this has to stop.  The mums have apparently no concept of what is acceptable behaviour or noise levels late at night in our complex.  Tonight my husband and I decided we are no longer going to be the "baddies" and are going to put our earplugs in, turn our fan onto high speed for white noise when we go to bed in a few minutes and let some of the other tenants here, who have expressed the same upset about middle of the night kid noise as we have, take over and try to do something about it.  I know for certain one of them has tried already to explain kindly to the mums involved that they have to start teaching their children to be more respectful of the rest of the tenants once it is after 11pm, but whether it is a language barrier, a lack of understanding, or simply a refusal to comply, nothing has changed. My husband and I are done being the social/cultural police for our complex.  That is a reputation we don't need or want.  Hopefully tonight the screeching and bang, crash, thump of the soccer ball against the sides of the buildings and other peoples' decks will stop soon.  Sigh.....  They are otherwise such GOOD kids!~  They don't fight among themselves or with the other kids in the complex, they have learned now to move their toys and bikes out of the parking lot, they don't cuss each other out, they don't cuss US out when we ask them to stop yelling late at night and they always comply at the time with our request for quiet, but they simply can't seem to grasp, and neither can the adults in their lives apparently, that it isn't acceptable to be out half the night making such a fuss.

I am praying that someone will be able to effectively communicate to both families in some way as my husband and I have certainly failed in our attempts.   My concern is that someone is going to get upset enough to call in the police and with the number of kids allowed out so late at night unattended, that is likely going to mean the involvement of social services child welfare....unless things have changed since my own third party involvement with that department in another province many years ago, I can't say I have had a lot of respect for what goes on.  Maybe it is different here....??  

The Queen City Exhibition is winding down tonight I believe....the final concert is being blown over to our windows occasionally depending on the wind direction, but it isn't constant or overly loud. The fireworks should start soon at the exhibition grounds and once they are over the big booming noises should be over....perhaps the shrieking here will come to an end at the same time? hahaha  We can only hope......