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[patsylabrador]

Is it the new thing to do? Teenage girls in a group do an attention seeking kind of squawk which I can accept because it's what teenage girls do but what is setting my teeth on edge is the very high pitched, endless scream from younger girls aged around 8-1o years. All day yesterday and well into the night children were playing in their gardens which I normally like hearing but I don't know why the girls do this ear piercing scream and why their parents don't stop them. It must be horrendous up close.

We live close enough to a school to hear them at playtime and they scream then. I assume mum's on here of girls that age will know if it's a national phenomenon or is it just a London thing?!!

Driving me scatty.

[Egluntyne]

No, it is a girl thing. They grow out of it eventually. Boys don't do it - they grunt.

 

I had a no screaming rule when my daughter had friends round to play. Like you, I couldn't abide it.

[kinsk]

I know exactly what you mean, my niece does it and it's just unbearable. As kids we just weren't allowed to do it and so didn't.

[abwsco]

I can't stand screaming so my DD's never did it. Mind you none of their friends did either so it's obviously only some who scream.

[PurpleTree]

I can't say I've noticed, but I remember when I was a child my parents drummed it into me that you never screamed for the sake of screaming. You saved it for if you were in real trouble and needed help. I guess it's like crying Wolf, if people are hearing screams all the time, you're not going to take any notice when it's a genuine one.

[patsylabrador]

I guess it's like crying Wolf, if people are hearing screams all the time, you're not going to take any notice when it's a genuine one.

That is too true. It seems whenever young people are together there is a lot of random screaming which has led me to just be irritated by it. It's worrying really to think someone could be in trouble and I would just be muttering bad things about her.

(Good luck with your baby, pregnancy is uncomfortable in this weather isn't it)

[Alis girls]

It seems to be common. i had one in the surgery for jabs who had multiple piercings and proceeded to scream and squeal. Finally lost the plot and advsied her piercing was much more painful and the little kids in reception were being scared by her and that wasnt fair to them. She shut up a bit - the urge to slap her round the face and tell her to pull herself together was huge.

[Charlottechicken]

Alis girls, I admire your restraint

 

I was also going to suggest the crying wolf story, maybe it should be on the curriculum.

[Tiggy]

It seems to be common. i had one in the surgery for jabs who had multiple piercings and proceeded to scream and squeal. Finally lost the plot and advsied her piercing was much more painful and the little kids in reception were being scared by her and that wasnt fair to them. She shut up a bit - the urge to slap her round the face and tell her to pull herself together was huge.

 

I know what you mean,

[chickencam]

We have a school field alongside our allotment and the screaming and bad language is awful. This is a primary school and one of the better ones in the area.

[The Dogmother]

We get this in the park at the bottom of my road, I think it's some form of flirting or early 'mating ritual' as the girls only seem to do it when boys are around. It attracts attention and makes them seem helpless I guess.

 

I can't stand it either and Rosie knows that if she did it, I'd take her off at the legs

 

Remarkable restraint Ali.

[Seagazer]

I definitely think its a newish thing. I don't remember being like it. As I've said on the other thread my neighbour complained only about the girls at the party my son had. Add alcohol (they're all over 18) and it just gets worse.

 

The noise level when my DD is home and her friends come round to get ready to go out is horrendous. Its such a relief when they close the front door behind them.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm quite happy when the wee girls next door scream. It means their mum can't complain when my wee girls screech and squawk .

[Alis girls]

I am just starting to find out a bit more about teenage girls as ES has a lady friend. She and her mate and ES's mate were around at weekend and were noisey but as I was under the umbrella reading they werent too bad. The mess they left was worse though wet towels on beds (had the paddling pool out) and wet clothes hanging out of windows - I removed the lot and stuck it on the line. Looked like the YMCA. My friend has teenage girls and I am assured they are messy and noisey -I suspect my presence put them off screaming though