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I have noisy kids. Three of them. They make lots of noise when playing games, when watching TV, and right now are making lots and lots of noise (at 7.33am on a Saturday morning) by playing in a cardboard box that holds a bathtub (we are remodeling a bathroom, it goes in Monday).

Kids are noisy. I have dealt with it by installing a solid door at the end of the hallway. No scripting required. Occasionally I tell them to quiet down if they get out of hand. Kids are noisy, that is just part of the experience.

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I have dealt with it by installing a solid door at the end of the hallway.

Read the comments on SuperUser. He's a single dad. Being unable to hear what your 4 year old kids are up to is a bad idea when there's no one else to monitor them.

My parents suggested that it was when we had gone quiet that they started to worry. My recollections of childhood seem to confirm this heuristic.

I was recently talking to my boss, and my dad confirmed this, it is absolutely true that when suddenly the kids are quiet that you start worrying as to what they are up to =)

Yeah, my experience as a father has been the same. When it gets quiet, it may mean your kid is no longer playing with his toys and instead has just pulled up the floor vent to chuck his poop filled diaper into your ventilation ducts. Fun times.

A lot of people clearly haven't played a 4-player game on their Nintendo 64. :)

Greg speaks the truth. Let kids be kids. Stop acting like an old lady.

Many "old ladies" are experts in letting kids be kids. They're the ones with the most experience, after all.

Sorry to the old ladies on hn. I should have used the word crotchety. This is a hot topic for my wife and I as our immediate family is not happy when are kids are noisy, even in our own house. They have a valid argument in places outside of the home, but let us be, in our home. They equate noise with illmanners.

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