Do you love or hate noise?

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Children are noisy, there's no question about it. Whether you have 1 or 5, you're going to deal with noise. My kids are super noisy. They yell and scream and fight all day. They're good kids, but their noise level is ridiculous. I spend the whole day trying to quiet them down, and it never works. Even if I get them to start reading, they all read out loud instead of to themselves, which is better than screaming, that's forsure. Sometimes I don't mind noise, depending on what kind it is, but when it gets to a certain level, it starts driving me nuts. I can't stand arguing, whining, or screaming, and they tend to do that a lot. I usually have to split them up, but that doesn't last long because after a few minutes they forget that they're supposed to be in seperate rooms, and end up wandering back to play or fight with each other. Even when I put them to bed, they will continue to talk to each other, and noise travels very well through this house. I can usually hear their talking over the TV. Many times they do more than just talk to each other, and they'll get quite loud. I'll usually have to make a few trips upstairs to try to get them quiet until they finally fall asleep. But they tend to forget that their noise travels, so as soon as I leave the room they start again, not realizing I can hear them. You'd think since this is a daily routine they'd eventually figure it out and quiet down a bit, but not my kids, lol. Do you mind it when your kids get noisy? Do you try to give them quiet things to do, or just let them be noisy?