Why does this bother me sooo much??

I live in an apartment in which there are tons of kids and they all hang out directly outside my window all day. The walkway area is a pretty wide paved area so they all hang out on their bikes, scooters, pogo sticks, etc. all day together and scream and yell and make tons of noise.

I have a three year old so i’m used to kids and i know they need to play and they make noise... it’s just the fact that they’re literally right there in front of my stairs and my window and they’re so loud i can hear them even with the AC on, tv on, and a white noise machine.

For some reason it’s so irritating to me it just puts me on edge all day to hear them and it makes me not want to leave or come back home because i have to push through all of them just to get up my stairs to my apartment. Half the time they’re on my stairs with all their toys. The parents are not anywhere to be found. Or they’re on a lawn chair smoking. even with the pandemic and order to stay at home and social distance the kids are still out all day with each other the parents don’t give a shit. i’ve asked the lady downstairs if she could not have her kids play on my stairs because when i ask them to move politely they just ignore me. she said ok but nothings changed because she’s never outside with her kids. once her four year old broke her arm and was crying outside and said she didn’t know where her parents were. her dad then came back ten mins later with a beer. i was so tempted to call CPS like that’s straight up neglect. but i didn’t because i didn’t feel like it was severe enough.

I’ve spoke to the manager about it. She says she legally cannot ask that the children be supervised so there’s nothing she can do.

I feel like it would be annoying to anybody but it honestly enrages me sometimes. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. i can’t deal with it. i get so mad and stressed because i can’t even relax in my own place. UGH! just needed to vent.