Am I the only person to consider deliberate, extended, high-pitched screeching in the plaza inconsiderate to other users and residents, antisocial and uncivilized? The vast majority of children seem to happily play and enjoy themselves without making this nasty noise so it must be possible ! But if one makes the noise, others seem to copy. Would parents like this noise outside THEIR living room windows? I suggest that parents consider this when setting guidelines for their children.

Are you talking about some kids in the plaza during the day time? Kids will be kids, nothing you can do about it but deal with it.

I hate when a child throws a tantrum or a baby cries on most of the journey on a bus but everyone bears with it. Though I agree a parent/helper should make the effort to calm down their kids because you do read/hear about it in the news there will be that one adult who snaps and physically attacks a child either by slapping the child/baby or screaming/shouting into its face as has happened on the MTR here in Hong Kong.

There are residents on this forum who had admitted to harming other people's child when the parents fail to "discipline" their unruly child. One incident I still remember is a small child on the DB ferry who kept running around the seats. One passenger got annoyed that the mother could not get the child to stay in his seat so they stuck out their foot to deliberately trip the child when it passed by. Ill intent and inappropriate course of action to punish a child that way but for them the feeling of satisfaction was worth it.

Duct tape will solve that.

I like my new avatar but it's compelling me to troll.

Someone should warn parents that screaming causes severe damage to the vocal cords and that children are particularly susceptible.  We never screamed as children.  In fact, I don't think I even knew how.

http://www.throatproblems.co.uk/can-shouting-damage-vocal-cords.html

I don't this I said anything like "kids should be seen and not heard" . But I do think that kids should start to learn moderation and compromise. I am not against spontaneous shrieks of joy - only deliberate extended screeching. And I think people sitting having a coffee have as much interest in this as residents. Does anyone think this is a NICE noise?!