Before I start, I'd just like to say that I'm a mum of 3 boys, part-time school admin worker, part-time registered childminder and I like children very much (most of the time!)
On an overnight stop last weekend we were pitched opposite a family with 5 young children ranging from around 2 years old to about 10. They were running riot all over the site, crawling under other people's vans, climbing on the roof of their parent's car, going into people's vans uninvited and generally being a nuisance. It was raining as we left and they were all out without shoes and socks on and we saw 2 of them urinating on the road in full view of all and sundry. Our next door neighbour on the site had had his EHU pulled out by these kids on 3 occasions over the week and their parents just weren't bothered, giving the 'kids will be kids' excuse whenever complaints were made against their little angels. He tried complaining to the warden but to no avail.
My question is this - should the wardens have done something about this family, maybe given them a stern warning and then evicted them? We encourage our boys to play out which to us is part of the appeal of caravanning but they've been brought up to respect other people's space and privacy. We'd be horrified if they'd caused even slight inconvenience to others. The issue with the EHU cable was simply not acceptable behaviour not to mention dangerous. The bollards were the 'insert and twist' type so it had definitely been tampered with and hadn't simple fallen out.
Seeing behaviour like this really angers me as it's the minority like this family that get other families like mine tarred with the same brush.
We were glad to leave what had otherwise been a very pleasant stopover.
Rant over!
Claire
On an overnight stop last weekend we were pitched opposite a family with 5 young children ranging from around 2 years old to about 10. They were running riot all over the site, crawling under other people's vans, climbing on the roof of their parent's car, going into people's vans uninvited and generally being a nuisance. It was raining as we left and they were all out without shoes and socks on and we saw 2 of them urinating on the road in full view of all and sundry. Our next door neighbour on the site had had his EHU pulled out by these kids on 3 occasions over the week and their parents just weren't bothered, giving the 'kids will be kids' excuse whenever complaints were made against their little angels. He tried complaining to the warden but to no avail.
My question is this - should the wardens have done something about this family, maybe given them a stern warning and then evicted them? We encourage our boys to play out which to us is part of the appeal of caravanning but they've been brought up to respect other people's space and privacy. We'd be horrified if they'd caused even slight inconvenience to others. The issue with the EHU cable was simply not acceptable behaviour not to mention dangerous. The bollards were the 'insert and twist' type so it had definitely been tampered with and hadn't simple fallen out.
Seeing behaviour like this really angers me as it's the minority like this family that get other families like mine tarred with the same brush.
We were glad to leave what had otherwise been a very pleasant stopover.
Rant over!
Claire
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