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thehardestpartis · 2026-07-21T09:44:48+00:00

Reportedly due to children being on the station at 5:45 this morning and setting fire to an equipment cabinet. AIBU to ask where the hell are the parents?! This will cause chaos in the town, reduce holiday maker visits and just generally worsen an already run down town. The parents should be punished for arson with intent to endanger life, as should the children.

HopeIsAScaryThing · 21/07/2026 12:00

thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:04

No, we need parents to get their act together and parent their children.

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Unfortunately, it's not going to happen. We have a shocking number of so called 'adults' in this country who wanted children but didn't want to actually be parents. They are two very different things and we can 100% see it in our local schools. Behaviour is abysmal because the parents don't parent and have no interest in doing so.

Ifeeltheneedtheneedforcoffee · 21/07/2026 11:58

They will turn into the adults like round here who started a wildfire by setting off fireworks and posting on social media.
Then other "adults" who lit a campfire on the same moor as a wildfire and.ledt it to create more work for the fire service.
Both times people were arrested but I doubt it will make a difference

AprilMizzel · 21/07/2026 11:57

I'm no fan of gentle parenting - and I do think it causes problems - but with no evidence of who done this it's ridulous to blame a parenting technquie that may not even have been used for these kids/teens.

Let the authorities do their job - and lay any charges they can without assuming nothing will be done. If you have complaints later - feel an investiagtion wasn't done or kids wer let off I'm sure there are local mechanism not least you MP who you can raise complaints to.

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 21/07/2026 11:55

glitterpaperchain · 21/07/2026 11:50

Maybe if we hadn't spent the last decades closing down all kind of support services for parents and youth, we wouldn't be seeing so much youth crime

You can behave without having a local youth club. I loathe the excuses made for vile little shits.

glitterpaperchain · 21/07/2026 11:54

thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:52

Gentle parenting is the cause though. It’s just a fact.

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Permissive parenting is the cause

Gentle parenting is not permissive parenting. It's just a FACT.

AprilMizzel · 21/07/2026 11:53

If 11-15 year old were doing arson at that time in the morning - not a time most parents let their kids roam - I'd expect SS and the police to be asking questions of parents or care givers (with no idea who the suspects are do we know they are in the care of parents at all?) and take any action they can.

Persoanally only parents I know whoes kids might be out those hours were already known to SS and there was a lot going on in the families and with the kids.

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thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:52

SummerHols2026 · 21/07/2026 11:48

@OhMelons please don’t blame gentle parenting for this. Gentle parenting doesn’t mean no consequences (although that’s a common misconception).

I’ve called 999 once in my life when a group of children had got into a building site and were climbing the scaffolding. I wasn’t worried about them causing damage, I was worried about them dying… police wouldn’t come out.

It’s not always as simple as blaming the parents.

Gentle parenting is the cause though. It’s just a fact.

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Jenkibuble · 21/07/2026 11:50

AWFUL !

As PP have stated, gentle parenting results / no or poor consequences will result in adults who are the same.

Which is why prisons are bulging !

Where I live, you can tell the kids are off , but its just cycling erratically (wheelies on busy roads) . Early days of course !
6 weeks to go !

glitterpaperchain · 21/07/2026 11:50

Maybe if we hadn't spent the last decades closing down all kind of support services for parents and youth, we wouldn't be seeing so much youth crime

SummerHols2026 · 21/07/2026 11:48

@OhMelons please don’t blame gentle parenting for this. Gentle parenting doesn’t mean no consequences (although that’s a common misconception).

I’ve called 999 once in my life when a group of children had got into a building site and were climbing the scaffolding. I wasn’t worried about them causing damage, I was worried about them dying… police wouldn’t come out.

It’s not always as simple as blaming the parents.

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thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:47

OonaStubbs · 21/07/2026 11:46

They should be jailed for a long time, and so should their parents.

They probably won’t even be charged

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TedMosbysWife · 21/07/2026 11:47

LagerLady · 21/07/2026 11:02

The school holidays have only just started. We need the weather to change.

Blaming weather instead of blaming the parents is wild

OonaStubbs · 21/07/2026 11:46

They should be jailed for a long time, and so should their parents.

LagerLady · 21/07/2026 11:44

"Five go burning down buildings"

Motuihe · 21/07/2026 11:32

oh nd the Geopark next to pier

Backedoffhackedoff · 21/07/2026 11:32

OhMelons · 21/07/2026 11:27

Bloody heck, where was this?😫😂

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Cambridge

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 21/07/2026 11:32

LagerLady · 21/07/2026 11:02

The school holidays have only just started. We need the weather to change.

What has the weather got to do with it? Parents need to parent and not let their kids be vile brats. There’s no excuse for this behaviour

ElizaSchuyler · 21/07/2026 11:32

That's awful. I've used Paignton station several times when I have been on holiday in the area.

Motuihe · 21/07/2026 11:31

Dahliasrule · 21/07/2026 11:27

Oh my goodness, this has come as a shock. We have just booked a cottage in Paignton, in August, thinking it was part of the Devon ‘Riviera’. I have now read the tripadvisor reviews and very few have anything positive to say about the place. My two DGC, who are coming with us, are autistic and very anxious and I was hoping for somewhere quiet and tranquil.

It is no worse than other towns with such issues. There are quiet places and lovely beaches. Paignton Zoo is great. The Goodrington beach park and pond area. Splashdown QUaywest pools. Adventure golf seafront. Torquay Dinosaur WOrld. Pennywell Farm.
You WILL have fun

ThisSereneGoose · 21/07/2026 11:30

thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:15

Shit ones, generally.

Down here it’s so rife. Parents who don’t care about education, kids running wild all hours of the day. You get it on the buses from about 7am, and then again at 4pm onwards. They’re vile.

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we have troubled kids around, who hasn't, but they are known to be around late. Parents clearly don't care to give a time for home, or don't want to see them.

Thankfully, they are all invisible in the morning and don't restart trouble until midday.

If they started to be around at any time of the day and night bullying and assaulting people, it would become unbearable. What a mess

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thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:30

Tabarnak · 21/07/2026 11:28

Terrible incident.

But I am guessing that 'reports' means local word of mouth? Best see what the police and emergency services say before speculating and putting it all over the internet?

Local news says it was out by 8,31.
Fire at Paignton railway station extinguished as major disruption continues

I hope they can quickly minimise the inevitable disruption.

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It was still going at 9:30!

Local reports are coming from the people who work there and have seen CCTV.

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thehardestpartis · 21/07/2026 11:29

Dahliasrule · 21/07/2026 11:27

Oh my goodness, this has come as a shock. We have just booked a cottage in Paignton, in August, thinking it was part of the Devon ‘Riviera’. I have now read the tripadvisor reviews and very few have anything positive to say about the place. My two DGC, who are coming with us, are autistic and very anxious and I was hoping for somewhere quiet and tranquil.

It depends where you are. The outdoors is lovely.

the towns are shitholes though, just stick to Brixham harbour or Torquay harbour.

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Tabarnak · 21/07/2026 11:28

Terrible incident.

But I am guessing that 'reports' means local word of mouth? Best see what the police and emergency services say before speculating and putting it all over the internet?

Local news says it was out by 8,31.
Fire at Paignton railway station extinguished as major disruption continues

I hope they can quickly minimise the inevitable disruption.

springvegetables · 21/07/2026 11:27

Gutted! I used to work in Brixham and we were always in Paignton. Beautiful part of the country. Hope it can be rebuilt quickly

Dahliasrule · 21/07/2026 11:27

Oh my goodness, this has come as a shock. We have just booked a cottage in Paignton, in August, thinking it was part of the Devon ‘Riviera’. I have now read the tripadvisor reviews and very few have anything positive to say about the place. My two DGC, who are coming with us, are autistic and very anxious and I was hoping for somewhere quiet and tranquil.