AIBU to think parent and child parking....

[Maursh]

Should be for parents of young children only.

For the second week running, every parent and child space at my local supermarket has been taken and I have been pipped to the post for one space by someone with school aged children. It really gets my goat. I have one 7mth child and really need the extra width to navigate the car seat and baby. This afternoon I had to park miles away at a spot that was clear from other cars and carry the carseat through carpark traffic all the way in. Another lady with a child in a buggy had to do the same.

The supermarkets policy is children up to the age of 12 but I can't see why someone with a 7 and 10 year old needs that extra space. I think that its particularly rude given that they were also, presumably, were once struggling with a small child too.

AIBU

[ChaoticAngelofSamhain]

[LifeIsButtercream]

YANBU - it is inconsiderate to use spaces with extra access when you don't need it.

[RockStockIsMovingBackToEngland]

Who cares? Don't have them in Spain and it would appear that we all manage perfectly well here. Or is it that there isn't this ridiculous sense of entitlement anywhere else? Funny that.

[Katiepoes]

We don't have them in Holland either. Maybe we're just better at 'neogotiating' carparks.

[Byeckerslike]

Ha ha worra

[Kladdkaka]

Worra I hope to god you were texting your horse to make sure it was coping being left home alone.

[HarriedWithChildren]

I agree with OP, it is irritating.
Personally with 3DCs under 5 and another on the way, all being well, I couldn't care less where I park but I do care about having the right trolley (i.e. car seat, recliner, double seater, etc...) near the car and supermarkets cannot have these evenly distributed around the carpark so C&P parking is the answer.
Mothers must be the most lucrative shoppers so they would be fools not to try and gain lifelong loyalty through such gestures.

[DoNotPressTheRedButton]

I use it with my 8 year ood on occasion.

He has invisible SN, we can't get a blue badge as the scheme in our borough does not cover autism but I struggle with him without one and sometimes I have to go eg to the opticians.

I also use them with my family when DH is away if we have to go out, 3 of the boys have or are suspected of having ASD but again no blue badge- LRM DLA x 2 but there's no criteria to help people with multiple SN kids.

In a year ds4 will be at school, does the OP really begrudge me the space? I will still need it.

Or does falling through the Sn system mean no help at all?

[DoNotPressTheRedButton]

Is thre a campaign lying?

Good job i;ve already got a thread in MH about agoraphobia becuase I won't be able to go out soon anyway then.