What can loud noise do a child? Like noise from a broom that hits the ceiling?

cream 97 your kids getting out of control is not going to help your case with him,you will have to get them to calm down else you could get served eviction notice, that happened to us and we did not eve hve children just two of us adults.. have your hubby talk to the idiot downstairs and explain banging on the ceiling is upsetting the little ones and causing them to misbehave.if he wants quiet tell him to stop with the banging. if I were you I would talk the manager into letting you move into a downstairs apartment so the children can play freely like normal kids.

Hmmm.. what your child is showing, imho is just normal irritated reactions, but you should lookout when your children are hitting teenage. Because that's when hormonal changes occur and things can get pretty emotional. I guess what i want to say is this thing really has to stop.. there must be some other ways to express unsatisfactory or else with all the violent ideology distributed throughout the media things could probably turn ugly..

Talk to whom ever you rent from and report it but the thing is there has to be a lot of noise he is hearing as well to pick up a from to hit his ceiling with to get some noise reduction from the upstairs. As for the kids getting disrespectful from that toward you as a parent I do not think you can put the blame on the guy downstairs. As for using it as an excuse for the 2 year old having tantrums ummmm no. Were you living there first or did he move in after you guys? Was he told a family with kids lived upstairs. I would never move into an appartment with a family upstairs with kids. Not because I don't love kids because I think they can be the greatest but hey kids are kids and well their would be noise. Are they up late making a lot of noise? Does the neighbor downstairs work nights and tries to sleep during the day and that is why they need people to not stomp around or move furniture or yelling or or? I find in these things there are two side to every story and complaint. I would like to hear what he says. But no can't blame him for your kids being disrespectful or having fits.

For one I hope your children are not around when this situation is being discussed. The anger I feel when you write about this neighbor, your children can feel this.. You need to calmly explain that, yes it is rude for this neighbor to do this and that you are taking action, but it may take a while. Also, I don't know what your faith is, but you can volunteer to pray for the situation and this man because he obviously has problems and needs help.

Does the man really care?? NO!! haha =D BEcause he has got no children of his own, and there are no neighbour hitting their ceiling with a broom.. haha =D Sometimes, instead of blaming the neighbours, u might wanna discipline your children as well.. Nobody will be hitting the ceiling for no unknown reasons, unless the unit above us, are making alot of noise, with jumping etc, which irritates us.. SO, u are making known your anger and displeasure with your neighbour here, so he's just doing what u are doing, making known his displeasure with all your kids noise and jumpings.. haha

If I were you, I'd tell him off. I mean, such noises are contributing to the frustration of your children, and if he dislikes noise so much, then why is he doing it too, isn't it.. Here in Sg, neighbors whom are making a nuisance, like purposely like that, we can report to the police to take action. That's not a normal activity, to hit the ceiling like that. A child's cry is inevitable... but something purposeful like that, it is not natural at all. Even if he is angry with whatever noise, he shouldn't stoop to that level, for what I think it is..

It's not the noise that scares the children but the man himself that scares the children. This man is a worm of the worst kind. He preys on defenseless children and women because he can. Something needs to be done about him. Geeze, he lives in an apartment! What does he expect? What a moron and a jerk!

This could stay with your child for a long time. Long past the situation. These kids shouldn't have to be going through this at all. They didn't do anything wrong! So unfair. If you have to move I would make sure the manager knows how much of a traumatic thing this has been for all of you! He is at fault here too I think. I would definitely be calling him everytime that guy does something to make you call the police. I would be bugging him too! Don't you have a Legal Aid there. They used to help with rental problems here. They don't anymore. You should check into what your legal rights are. Harassment and the traumatic experience for your poor children.

Could your kids be taking advantage of the situation? See you have the old man downstairs thumping away with his broom and even though you've spoken to him and others have spoken to him, he's still going at it. They are being disrespectful to you because they see he's still allowed to get away with bad behavior so perhaps they think "Hey I can get away with bad behavior too." Maybe they know that if you try to get onto them that they can pitch a fit and this man will act up again. They are just doing a typical child thing. Testing their parent to see how far they can push. You need to set the record straight with them and show you are still boss. If it will help get some advice from a parenting counselor and explain your situation.

It will cause them to cry when they hear the noise because they are afraid. Sometimes it can even cause children to have phobia. Once a child is afraid, his/her fear can continue until the child grows up.

this man,Is he staying alone? then for sure he is suffering..may be he hate kids...so don't try to provoke him..he may be dangerous... It is better to inform the cops ..or ..other neighbors....

I see, I thought it has nothing to do with the noise. I guess we should be very careful next time regarding noise. Thanks for the tip. I guess I have to inform my brother to stop making noise while the child is sleeping. Just wondering, is snoring noise also affect the behavior of the child? I hope you have do something with that man making noise.

I don't think this kind of thing can really harm your children, but it does sound upsetting for all of you. Maybe you could talk to the man and explain you have a family and of course, children will run, shout and make a noise? It's just natural!! Him banging the ceiling just ADDS to the noise level, after all. Good Luck!

Wow.u must be supermom to handle 4 children by your own.I handle one also handful already. Is there any things to do to distract the children from downstair person tantrum of hitting the ceiling.Maybe ON some nice smoothing radio/music/tv/PC games etc ? Beside that can u ask your hubby to approach the neightbour in good faith and ask for solution for both of you and him ? Would putting a carpet dampen the sound ?

The noise the kids make bothers him just as the noise he makes on the ceiling bothers your kids. It sounds like a lose/lose situation. Have you ever had a conversation with him or just called the apartment manager on him?

I think you should go talk to that man downstairs and tell him that the kids are going wild cuz of his tapping. Ask him why he's doing that in the first place.

You can't really blame him though. If your kids are screaming all day and shouting running around and basically causing havoc, you may be used to it, but for him, he may be trying to sleep, may be trying to relax, may have a headache etc. Your floors should actually have sound proofing under them if you have a flat below you to stop noise travelling, but I don't think i would be ahppy if I had kids running around above me making constant noise, but i am the type of person to go and say somethign to the family about calming it down- in fact he would be well within his right to ask the council/owners of the building or landlord to evict you because of the noise- a tenancy agreement has a clause saying "the tenant has the right to enjoy quiet, peaceful enjoyment of the property", and your family would be taking that away from him in his flat, which means that your landlord or the owners would be within their rights to evict you and your family. I can understand your pain, kids can be very naughty and throw tantrums and shout and scream and cry, and it can be hard for a mother or father to calm them down, but if this is happening all day everyday, then you need to get some help with the kids, enlist someone like a child psychologist to find out WHY the kids are doing that and acting up. Take them out fo the flat once in a while. If the kids are disrespecting this man, that must be disciplined by you- your kids shouldnt be allowed to get away with saying something like that to someone, he is in fact only banging because of the racket. He probably doesnt want to come up and shout at you, but is letting you know he can hear the kids screaming and it is disturbing him, I undertsand that is very annoying as my neighbours will sometime sbang on our wall if we are talking or argueing, and it does get annoying- I would rather them come and say something, especially as I could then shout at them for doing it when they make a hell of a lot more noise than us. I think you need to concentrate on why the kids make such a racket and act up so much, it sounds like they need more discipline to me.