[Rb ver. 2.0]

I’m surprised at all the FReepers who think it’s ok to be linguine spined and not have a good time in your own backyard, especially one with a swimming pool.

The issue here is obtrusive government rules/ordinances and laws telling us how we WILL live, not two kids ages 5 and 11 having a good time that causes a neighbor to go anal about it.

[Celerity]

If you outlaw happy kids, only outlaws will have happy kids !

[HungarianGypsy]

Phew! I was beginning to think I was a bad parent. If a kid can’t scream and make noise in his own backyard, where can he do it? Sometimes children just need to be children.

[Doe Eyes]

The issue here is obtrusive government rules/ordinances and laws telling us how we WILL live, not two kids ages 5 and 11 having a good time that causes a neighbor to go anal about it.

Next thing you know, people will call the police when the neighbor's stereo is turn up too loud.

[HoosierHawk]

When my daughter was young, there'd be six to eight kids in the pool, all screaming their heads off. Mom was on the deck, policing.

One day, I came home from work and my niece cried out, "Hi, Uncle Bob." All the kids followed suit, including two I'd never seen before.

I joined the whole lot in the pool.

My grandpa used to say that children should be seen and not heard. Gramps was wrong. Let the kids be kids.