To remove the parking cones?

OMG move the cone!
My road has this issue and we now have an hour a day at lunchtime restriction to stop leaving cars all day.

I seriously don’t care about people parking on a road outside my house - all the houses on my street have a driveway but still neighbours got up tight to the point of voting for a restriction. It’s incase. A public road is a public road!

This thread has got derailed. It's gone from cones to judgement about the parents wraparound care choices.

Not everyone has grandparents to do drop offs and pick ups

Not everyone wants a life of just scraping by to spend more time with their children who in turn ask why they can't have the latest gadget/go on holiday/family days out like their peers do.

In a perfect world grandparents would help with some pick ups while i have a delicious crumble waiting for children at the table when they get home.

Husband will pop in at the strike of 5pm, put his briefcase down and flick his bowler hat so it lands perfectly on the hat stand. Kisses and cuddles will commence.

Let me guess. These people moaning about wrap-around care get lots of family support or can afford to be very part time/SAHP. People just need to accept different families do things differently and gosh stop being so judgemental!!!

Back to the cone. I'd personally not move for fear of damage. One of our cars is a total banger and I'd still be hesitant.

She’s not meant to go to work at all, or magically change her hours… apparently.

I don’t think she has a choice? If she parked at the station she’d have to get there early and walk the kids to school. Making their day even longer - especially bad if it’s raining/dark etc.

or if she drops them and then drives to station she’d miss the train.

is there another choice?

I'm surprised by the opinions on here. I have a driveway now but I've always when younger lived on streets with no driveways and it was the norm for neighbours/the public to park anywhere on the street and I never really thought why is someone parking outside my house.

I understand it must be worse if you live near a place of interest but I'm genuinely surprised that it's considered so inconsiderate by some.

How on earth do you know she has a choice?

As an employed person you don’t just get to pick and choose to adjust your hours.

I have a very demanding job which I have worked my arse off to get. I hope that working hard sets a good example to my children.

By virtue of the above, my two young children are in school between 7:45 am and 6 pm (most days).

I console myself with the fact I can take them on lovely holidays and never say no to extra curricular activities.

I thought I'd add my perspective as someone who lives in a cul de sac where many residents do this....

In our situation residents started putting out cones to stop the residents of the street we come off parking here. They have permit parking and some don't want to pay, especially for second, third vehicles etc. The problem us residents were having is that it was usually the secondary vehicle so quite often they'd park up sunday early evening and the vehicle would remain until Saturday. We are very close to a train station so the nearest free parking for us is a 5 min walk back home. We can't have parking permits for the next road as we don't live there (I'd happily pay!)

Most of us residents don't actually mind your situation OP as you effectively save a space. You will probably leave just as when residents are coming home.

Just to add, we don't normally cone. I only do it if we have tradesmen coming round. Like I said, commuters usually benefit us except on weekends when they can park on the next road for free but think it's permit only so come to our road and we need to debate whether or not to use the car or catch the train/walk.

Your posts don't make much sense.

Posters (me included} have pointed out this is an extremely long day for kids.
The OP apparently doesn't want to make it longer by walking twenty mins to the station when the reality is she doesn't want to pay to park at the station.

What is another twenty minutes to an eleven hour day? The kids must be like zombies already but sure they have lego and NT membership so all is good.

Please don't speak for anyone other than yourself.
HTH

It’s not. You have a minority view that even I don’t think you really believe.

From what I gather it’s ok to use wrap around care as long as you pay for parking, because no one cares then.

But we better check ivy avenues view on wrap around care and probably just quit and work in an Amazon warehouse instead if they give a thumbs down. after all, we care about them more than our own lives and leisure!

Because its a very long day for the kids.

Many families do it because they have no other choice.

The OP has a choice and instead is complaining about expensive parking costs at the station.

She doesn't care who she inconveniences as long as it suits her lifestyle.

Consideration that others also have lives, that's my point. OP has created an overly hectic life and others are disadvantaged because of it. Parking for hours at a time, outside the same people's houses, day after day, may be legally ok, but it's questionable in terms of being a decent human.

Can you imagine “babe did you renew the NT membership?” No, I don’t think the strangers on ivy avenue would like that. “Babe are we going back to that cottage in Normandy this year?” No, I don’t think the strangers on ivy avenue would like that. Babe is your mum coming for Xmas? WHAT WOULD IVY AVENUE DO?!?

Why are so many people against this family’s lifestyle? Lots of parents work FT and use wraparound care!! It’s not unusual at all. There’s plenty of threads on here telling women to get back to work, earn their own money and get the flipping ducks in a row…..

she’s asking about cones.

for what it’s worth - I’d move the cone.

edited for typo. There’s probably more.

Free parking so the OP can buy lego sets instead of parking at the station.

The OP is thinking only of herself in quite a few areas of her life.

What’s your point? They still don’t come before your own life and leisure… obviously?!?

It’s a public road - as long as you park legally and safely do what you like.

they are being CF with the cones.

'Some strangers' who actually live on the street that OP is using as free parking.

In short, you show consideration. 👍

erm… yeah, of course it is? Are you seriously pretending that some strangers view of your parking arrangements would come before your life and leisure? That’s unhinged 😂

Wtf @NameChanger401 you think that parents who don't leave their kids in childcare every day of the week for 10.5 hours don't arrange birthday parties or swimming lessons?

(Yeah the parents might have to clean their own toilet but that's just setting a good example to their kids).

Is there any other streets nearby that you can park on? I work in a school and have to park on the road. Dealing with residents is quite tricky and they do get irate with the school run and some do put cones out. Yeah it's not really allowed but I tend to just park further away as ultimately I am going there every day and I don't really want to get into conflict with the owners.

So your life and leisure is more important than the lives of those on that street that you’re pissing off and inconveniencing?

What if you’re causing those residents to be late for pick ups or work or activities?

At your own house do you have street parking or off road parking?

Perhaps ask them. No second holiday, NT, cleaner. You might be surprised at their answer.

If you both did four days a week, the kids would only have to do three long days. That surely is worth it doing when they are in primary at least.

Lego and NT visits instead of staying in bed and going home after school. Priorities....priorities......