Screaming Kids

By DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
United States
February 8, 2026 6:23pm CST
One of the neighbor's grandkids (little kid) is screaming and crying at the same time... I can hear their parent telling them they can't stay with grandpa... *sigh* Just put them in the car already. Don't torture the rest of the neighborhood by letting them scream and cry where we have to listen to it. (I'm in my house with all the doors and windows closed and it sounds like the kid is standing beside me screaming their head off. )
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25 responses
Amber
@AmbiePam (116285)
• United States
9 Feb
Let’s hope they parent well enough for these tantrums not to follow them into adulthood! I can understand your ire.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I really hope so... Most of the kids and grandkids are fairly respectful and take the little ones inside when they start bawling... This was a young-ish grandson with his first kid, I think. (The guy looks around 20 years old.)
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24419)
• Palisade, Colorado
9 Feb
That is frustrating. It reminds me of times when I awas in a store and the child kept screaming because they couldn't have what they wanted. My granddaughter tried that once and I marched her out of the store.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
Pretty tried that when she was around 10 years old. I left the basket of stuff I was planning on buying and dragged her out of the store. And no, I didn't go back and buy anything that day. She stayed with her grandma for two years any time I needed to go into a store.
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Sandy
@velvet53 (24419)
• Palisade, Colorado
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil A lesson well learned I bet. Kids need to be taught what is right and what is wrong.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@velvet53 She tried it again when she was around 15 years old. I walked out of the store and drove home, leaving her to walk the two miles home. (One of my brothers called and said she was walking and asked if I wanted him to bring her home. I told him what had happened and to let her walk.)
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52428)
• Mojave, California
9 Feb
It happens, you should of heard me, the first time seen Kansas City. I could see it he was about to kill me but he did not. . Being my not the oldest brother but older.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I've been in KC before. I don't remember screaming kids up there.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52428)
• Mojave, California
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Lack of imagination.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@crossbones27 Were you in Worlds of Fun up there? We were there several times while Pretty was little. We usually rented a motel/hotel room and stayed for a weekend and played in WoF the entire weekend. (It's about an hour and a half from Aurora.)
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148019)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Feb
You know who is the boss in that family.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (148019)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Yes the kid is.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I don't KNOW but suspect the kid is... *sigh*
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@jstory07 I hope the parent learns that isn't a good idea before the kid reaches their teens.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (68505)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Feb
That kind of screaming in the gym pool area drives my hubby bonkers. I hope by now things have quieted.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
Thanks. It didn't last long. I hope your hubby can manage to hold it together.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@sallypup As long as that works for you, it works for me.
Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (68505)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Me, too. It was pretty rainy this morning, so we didn't go to the pool. Probably going on Friday.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (50439)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Feb
For how long has this been going on? I’d hate to have to listen to this for hours.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
Grandpa went back into his house and closed the door after about ten minutes. Thank goodness!
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (50439)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil That’s a relief!
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (187109)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Feb
Call CPS!! How irritating.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (187109)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Feb
@DaddyEvil ........Not sure what that means.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
I still have to live beside grandpa and grandma so that's a very last resort.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
@celticeagle If I don't want grandma and grandpa pissed at me, I can't call the police.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19749)
• Indonesia
9 Feb
Of course it's very annoying, it's similar to my neighbor who has a child and he screams at any hour, including in the middle of the night when I want to lie down.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19749)
• Indonesia
10 Feb
@DaddyEvil for this matter we cannot contact the police because the perpetrator is still a minor unless the child commits a crime.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
@May2k8 But the police can arrest the parents for allowing the child to keep screaming.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I'm sorry that happens. Screaming during the night, I'd call the police. Screaming at night means somebody is being hurt so the police would be needed. There is a city ordnance here that no noise after 10 pm until 7 am.
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Toni
@toniganzon (75561)
• Philippines
9 Feb
Screaming kids can really be annoying. We never did that when we were kids. We were too scared of our mom to have any tantrums. When she said no, it's a no.
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Toni
@toniganzon (75561)
• Philippines
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil And you never forgot that. Craig as a really good child. He never had any tantrums at all. We only had to explain things to him why we said no and he understood. He was almost like a perfect child.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I only tried it one time with my mom... She backhanded me across the room.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@toniganzon I learned fast. Mom hit hard! Pretty was always a good kid, too.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (496710)
• Italy
9 Feb
So well said! Put the kids in the car and do not torture the neighbors.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (496710)
• Italy
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil - My parents did the same and we were scolded if we were screaming in the apartment because kids must not disturb the neighbors.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@LadyDuck As long as we were outside, mom didn't care how loud we were. Our nearest neighbors were 1/2 mile away. (over 1 km away)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
When Pretty was little and threw a fit, I shoved her in the car, buckled her in her seat as quickly as possible so nobody else had to hear her.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12806)
• United States
10 Feb
Wow that is one set of lungs with that child. I hope it didn't go on and on.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
It didn't. Grandpa went in the house and closed the door so they gathered up the child and put them in the vehicle after about 10 minutes and left.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
@noni1959 Yes, they can.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12806)
• United States
10 Feb
@DaddyEvil It's nice children love their grandparents, but some can sure can have break downs.
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DianneN
@DianneN (252271)
• United States
9 Feb
Awfully annoying. Just as annoying on an airplane when you can’t do a single thing.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I've never been on an airplane with a screaming kid. Kids shouldn't be allowed on an airplane until they're old enough to know not to cry out loud or scream, in my opinion, of course.
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DianneN
@DianneN (252271)
• United States
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Babies are the worst. Feel awful for the parents.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@DianneN I would feel awful for the other passengers. The parents chose to take the baby on the plane without asking other people if they'd mind listening to a crying child.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (375672)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb
We live opposite a school and there is one kid over there who occasionally must lose it and screams and screams. If I can hear it with our extra-thick glass and across the road and parking lot, how incredibly loud must it be if you're standing next to them?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I agree... The teachers should make him/her stop doing that.
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Dawnsummer
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
9 Feb
This happened a lot with my niece and my mother. It went on forever, and I believe there was a lot of guilt involved. Of course, this was years ago.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
I'm sorry that happened. I hope they have a good relationship now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@misunderstood_zombie Oh, I see. I would have picked her up, stuffed her in the car and left.
Dawnsummer
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Sorry, I didn't explain that very well. My niece was three and didn't want to leave her grandma and go with her mother and screamed bloody murder.
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rakski
@rakski (150589)
• Philippines
26 Mar
that loud? oh boy
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
15h
Oh, yeah... I wasn't surprised when grandpa went back into his house and closed the door. I wish I had a few more walls and doors between me and the screaming kid.
Fleur
@Fleura (34394)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb
Oh dear, at least they will presumably be leaving soon. It's sweet that they want to stay with Grandpa though.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
@Fleura Yes, it was...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
After grandpa went back in the house and closed the door, the guy loaded the kid up and left. Maybe 10 minutes later.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34394)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb
@DaddyEvil Phew! That was a long ten minutes I bet!
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (21821)
• United States
10 Feb
I hate that. I always feel sad for the kid.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
I always feel sad for anyone who has to listen to the kid.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (217402)
• United States
9 Feb
I hate children's tantrums. That's one of the reasons I never had any.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
9 Feb
Most kids only try it once if they have good parents.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
10 Feb
@LindaOHio Very true.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (217402)
• United States
10 Feb
@DaddyEvil That's the problem. Many parents give in just to quiet them down.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (48289)
• India
12 Feb
You have reminded of a marriage ceremony attended by many families with all their kids who were screaming. I was talking to some of my friends, but being unable to talk there, we left to a park near the wedding venue.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
12 Feb
A lot of wedding invitations now say not children will be allowed at the weddings. Some people get mad that they have to find a babysitter when they don't want to pay for one. If they trained their kids to stay quiet, they could take them... Nobody wants screaming kids at their special ceremony. You can't blame them for that.
Valentina
@valherma00 (1689)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Feb
iff you hear it through the closed windows, then it's bad. i also wonder how some people don't act quicker.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (170622)
• United States
21 Feb
Either the parent is very inexperienced or they're hoping somebody else will take care of the screaming kid.