Kids trampoline in the back garden

What is more annoying and disturbing than the raucous shouts of children bouncing and trouncing about on their latest trampoline upon which one day will surely kill them? Nothing at all, but if they do smash their head against the ground it's their own fault.

I see a lot of these giant trampolines about at the moment, and they are all in local authority house gardens. Need I say more?

The trouble is, that many parents these days are incredibly selfish and self-centred. They cannot see behind the immediate needs of their own families and any challenge to them, even if done politiely, is met with rudeness and threats. Trouble is, it's a vicious cycle - scumbag parents eventually lead to more scumbag parents, and so on. It's time the benefits system was revised to get rid of universal child benefit and any other benefits that encourage people to have children whilst they are themselves still very young and haven't got the maturity to develop parenting skills.

I can't sympathize with you here. Those kids would scream in their yard even without a trampoline. I think it's a great way to keep kids outdoors and away from the TV.
But you're right about one thing. Yelling at you over the fence while you're eating is inappropriate. Talk to the parents about it, and be sure to mention the positive things I mentioned above. If they know you don't object to the trampoline, but just don't want them screaming over the fence, I'm sure the parents will cooperate.

We behaved differently when we were kids, we knew what limits we had. These days kids are brats, selfish and rude and their intent is to annoy the hell out of you. That's what bad parenting coupled with society has done to this generation.

I can totally empathise with the people here suffering from trampoline nuisance. Firstly, I’m sure most people would describe me a laid back kind of lad, certainly not grumpy, snobbish or stuck-up. Just Joe-average.

My garden used to be a really nice place to be. It’s small, but looked out onto woodland. The living room (the only reception room) has large patio-doors that open onto the garden.

My view now consists a huge (three quarters the width of the garden!) blue trampoline with high net-sides right up to the fence. I can’t use the garden on any half decent day due to the screaming and bouncing noise, I can’t have my bedroom window open upstairs and anyone sat in the lounge has to be watched.

I do not blame the children, - they are behaving like we all did…..and I also appreciate the comments from parents wanting a safe place for their children to play.

But having said all of that - if it where me, I would think things through a bit more before plonking something like that down. In my day as a kid (not that long ago) I would just have been told the garden is unsuitable for anything so big – and that would have been it.

Kellie, you need to read the gripe & comments properly!!
It's not the trampoline itself that's the problem, it's the fact that they usually seem to be sited so that the bouncers can see into neighbours' gardens & windows, which is an invasion of their privacy.

Oh my god, the poor kids cant win either way. If they are out on the streets we are going on about them saying they should be doing something more respectful and quieter so when they are having fun in their back garden with a trampoline, we are still having a go at them. Were they actually doing you any harm and the answer to that would be no...

Trampoline gone down now, probably for the winter. Will be up no doubt next spring.
Quite understand how you feel Doct3r. If I had said anything about it to neighbours, would have led to a dispute, I am sure. They must realise how antisocial it is to bung a large trampoline next to neighbours fence. So why do they do it? Form of bullying? It's turning me into a snob and a crashing bore!

Plant some leylandi conifers and saturate them with Miracle Gro next Spring.