Do you allow running in your home? - Page 2

[OkiMom]

It depends on whats going on.. If anyone is sleeping or Im working on something in one of the rooms then no. If we have repair men over for any reasons then no. Otherwise if its not disturbing anyone I don't mind. I do not allow jumping on the furniture. I use to but we almost ended up with stitches from my oldest being a daredevil so no..

If it gets to annoying I take them outside to run.

[K1329]

I allow running & we've even had trikes, scooters, etc. in the house. But, we have the space & flooring for it. My kids seem to have no problem understanding that there's no running at other peoples houses, school, etc. Different places, different rules.
OP, you could ask your landlady if she's ever bothered by noise. Depending upon the construction of the house, she may or may not hear it.

ETA: while I do allow running, etc. I don't allow jumping on furniture, nor screaming. Like another poster, I want my furniture to last & don't want to replace it anytime soon! And, I just can't take screaming indoors. Makes me crazy.
Edited by K1329 - 2/16/12 at 6:08am

[Tigerchild]

I do not allow it (or jumping on furniture or screaming or wrestling--I know, I'm soooo horrible and crushing to their spirits) upstairs.  Downstairs in the playroom, they can do all three or whatever they want as long as they follow our general rules of no hitting without consent, ect.)  Tge playroom is basically wide open space and old crappy furniture no one cares about.  Most of their legos are in their rooms or in the work area upstairs (and they've learned real quick to keep them off the playroom floor when they've stepped on them!).

I don't think it's bad or wrong to set rules that in shared space there are some fun things that we don't do out of respect for the type of space it is and other/different people's sanity.  (the kitchen and office are upstairs, as well as my bedroom--I like quiet, and DH needs to not be disturbed while he's working.  If anyone adult or child wants to run around and scream--and everyone in our family wants to sometimes--we go downstairs where it's muffled and the door can be closed and is a safe spot to do it)

If I lived in an apartment or smaller house, I'd probably make the same "quiet space" rule for any space but their bedrooms, and not feel the least bit guilty about it.  Most of life is that way!

However, it's probably unrealistic to think that you're not going to constantly remind a toddler/preschooler of the rules, and with some kids' personalities they're just louder and it will take time for them to learn to moderate.  I have two very LOUD BOISTEROUS children (and one quiet one) and it's just now that they are almost 9 and 10 that I just have to do a hand signal like turning down the volume for them to instantly settle to 'inside voice'.  You just have to be willing to reinforce boundaries and rules, you're going to have to for awhile.  For us, it was worth the annoyance;  if I was a different person who didn't need some non-rambunctious space I don't know that I would have bothered.

[CatsCradle]

We live in a co-op apartment building and when we moved in, we accepted the house rules.  Respect for others is normally our MO.

Maybe I'm a weird one out here, but I don't allow jumping on beds and furniture.  Much of this stems from an economical/preservation standpoint.  DH and I invest in furniture (although its not high-end stuff) and we expect to keep it for a long time because we don't like the idea of treating stuff like disposable stuff.  If I buy  a couch, I expect that it will last for some time if properly cared for.  If my bed breaks, then I have to buy a new frame or have someone fix it...it just means the more use of resources in materials or money and that's not a sound idea to me.  That being said, I'm much less strict than my own parents, who used their rooms as show rooms.  Our space is lived in, but we do expect a level of respect for one's surrounding, even when it comes to kids.  

Edited by CatsCradle - 2/12/12 at 5:50pm

[Just1More]

I'm big on respect, too, both of people and things.  In fact, when my kids ask if they can do something, I nearly always reply, "Will it hurt anyone or anything?" 

We spend a lot of time in hotels, and occasionally, my kids run the halls.  We try to pick times where there are fewer people (like between check-out and check-in), and never late at night or early morning.  Maybe you could try to get a feel for your landlady's schedule.  When she's gone at work, then turn the kids loose, but when she gets home at 4 (or whatever) maybe it's "color at the table time" or something else calmer.