@SunshineGirlHow old is old enough when they need away time from their parents? The child is 6. The other children I notice some are younger, at least 6, or older than 6 by one year or 2 but I see them outside more often. It isn't raining out as of yet and the kid never asked anyone can he go outside at all. He would only go outside if we go. Strangely enough yesterday he asked can he go for a walk AND I WAS SHOCKED because he never ask but I asked him who going to walk with you because I was working and his uncle was either playing games or asleep. So something is up. But making loud noises often inside though? Where others live inside the same place in an apartment upstairs and downstairs where people might hear it? There is a time and a place for being loud during sports games, amusement parks, outside playing, but inside.....? I usually tell him inside voice but the mom is setting confusing guidelines. Like it is ok for the child to be loud inside if they are playing cards etc. But when the child is on his own and being loud then it is a problem because the mom is relaxing. So they created something that now is a bothersome to them as well.