Where Do Your Sympathies Lie In This Situation?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41996972
I know the noise would do my loaf in but at the same time I sympathise with parents trying look after a crying baby.

[vulcan42]

I sympathise with the parents. Have we really come to the stage in this country where a child crying early in the morning evokes an eviction call?

[ludwig]

My sympathies lie with both parties, but if I'm forced to choose, I have to come down on the side of the suffering neighbours.

[Butterbun]

Babies do cry, it's what they're good at. They do stop eventually. The neighbours are not being helpful, nor tolerant.

[Mamyalynne]

Difficult situation , top floor flat and young children and the noise will travel everywhere.

Eviction is over the top in this case.

[Ken4155]

it all depends on just how long this 15 month old child is left to cry. If it is waking the neighbours, then i assume that it is also waking the parents? Are they in the habit of ignoring their child's crying, i wonder?

[kvalidir]

Sympathies 100% with the parents and not at all with the moaning minnies, and not even sure quite who they think they are? This is a family living normally, kids crying, playing, people daring to walk about on the floor they pay money to rent. People need to get a grip, it's horrifying.

[Purist]

Society in general has become deeply intolerant of everything, from kids playing outside to household noise. Sympathy and empathy are deeply lacking, In my experience I have found young people to be more tolerant than older generations

[Ken4155]

kvalidir; the report states that there was "crying and stamping at 5.30 am, then further noise at 6.45 am." If this is a regular occurrence, surely the neighbours have a case?

[Sqad]

" People need to get a grip".......LOL
My sympathies are with both parents and neighbours.
Noise pollution and that is what it is, is very stressful both physically and mentally to the recipients who find it difficult to "get a grip" in the presence of the shrill noise from a crying baby which is often relentless. Yes........that's what babies do......cry.
Difficult for the parents also, dealing with a crying baby, but it is THEIR baby. Reading the link it would appear that there are other noise issues which have made it a big deal.

[woofgang]

I think its not the whole story is what I think......

[Sqad]

Kvalidir...who are you, what are your qualifications and what is the length of your experience to tell people to "get a grip?"
It may be you opinion which is fine, but an instruction like yours was rather provocative.

[pixie374]

I don't believe it is noise pollution. This could be wrong- but I am sure that doesn't include children or babies. Just machinery, barking dogs etc. If you can't bear the noise of other people, but somewhere detached with no neighbours. Otherwise... tough.

[EDDIE51]

I think the answer is in the link. It says baby crying AND OTHER NOISE NUISANCE. I suspect the news item has just latched onto the baby crying bit to generate a bit of outrage. The BBC seems to be taking a lead from The Daily Wail here.

[ummmm]

I agree with Woof...

Infant cries are designed to be instinctively irritating so we deal with their needs. Easy to manage for doting parents, not so much so for strangers/neighbours.

Kids crying don't bother me in general but I could imagine that changing if it was several times a day, everyday.

[Barmaid]

I'm inclined to agree with Woofgang.

However, the landlords will need a possession order to get them out. They are being silly. Because if people are intolerant of ONLY a baby crying, they are going to be intolerant of everything. THus the next tenants will annoy the neighbours and more complaints will follow. The answer is some form of noise attenuation. However, there may well be more to it.

[Sqad]

pixie

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/neighbours-have-a-right-to-complain-about-crying-babies/news-story/c115635854fb2bd66f8403a4ad377b0f

They think a crying baby is noise pollution in Oz.

[Prudie]

I agree with Ludwig. It's very easy to side with the parents if you've never experienced the stress of noisy neighbours.

[anotheoldgit]

/// In my experience I have found young people to be more tolerant than older generations ///

Obviously you are speaking from a younger person's point of view.

Now allow me to speak from an older person's point of view.

Some of today's young are very intolerant with their shouting, searing, spitting and loud music, whereas older persons tend to be more refined and dignified.

Reaches for his WW2 tin hat. :0)

[pixie374]

Thank you, sqad x
Aog, the older generation were more likely to resort to violence.

[youngmafbog]

Reading between the lines my sympathies lie with the neighbours, in this particular case.