to think primary aged children should not be in asda at 11pm

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just got back from asda (working all weekend so thought it would be a good time to pick up some stuff)

and there were at least 3 families in there with children

at that time of night they have trollies and pallets everywhere, and drunk people buying extra wine -why are they taking their children??

2 adults with them so no excuse of them being single parents either
(I'm a single parent ans wouldn't do it anyway!)

its asda. What else is there to say?

God, you lot make me laugh. Heaven forbid anyone should shop in Asda

Maybe these people work all week and needed to do their shopping whilst it's quiet? Fucking hell, I hate this attitude. Waitrose or nothing, eh? Give me a break

Maybe they had just come back from a long trip overseas(with their tutors so they don't miss schooling of course) and they are not net re-acclimatised to our time yet.

You know absolutely NOTHING about these families other than on this particular Friday night, they had their kids in Asda at what-10pm?

They may have never done it before and never do it again?

There may have been a death/birth in the family? There are endless legitimate reasons for their late night family shopping trip, which doesn't equal them being awful parents

Take your judgey pants off

Well, OP, the general consensus is YABU. I don't even know why we're speculating on what the parents' reasons are. Ir is nobody else's business but rheirs if they choose to take their children late night shopping.
YABU from me too.

YANBU OP.

There's a big difference between a family who has just been to a concert or similar (as a one off) and goes to a supermarket afterwards because it's on their way home - to get a few things. Compared to a family whose DC regularly go to bed late when they have school the next day.
Example: a child in my form (who often gets in late and usually looks knackered) has chatted before now about going to mcDonalds drive in in the early hours and has said he's regularly up until past midnight on his Fking x box.

Podssibility the family have just come back from an overseas holiday. Children slept on plane, Get shopping so able to have relaxing weekend whilst parents sort out washing etc ready for work/school on Monday. All kinds of reasons. Not done it myself but might need to one day.

*Possibility

No matter what time a family goes shopping, there will always be someone complaining.

Go shopping on a weekday morning or evening and you're in trouble for supposedly clogging up the roads when other people are trying to get to/from work.

Go shopping at lunchtime and you're in the way of those people who can only shop in their lunch hour.

Go shopping at the weekend and people complain that you've had all week to do it and are taking up valuable shopping space.

And now if you go at 11pm, that's apparently wrong too.

You have absolutely NO idea what they were doing up at that time of night.

They could have just arrived for Christmas & were stocking up on food/drink/presents that they couldn't get in the car/on the train etc for the trip

They could have just gotten paid & needed to do a huge shop before x date.

Maybe the only one that drives has been at works all hours, and so they both needed to go & get supplies. Too late for a babysitter.

Perhaps they have just returned from a carol concert, or late night church service.

Perhaps they simply wanted to avoid the chaos that is supermarkets nr Christmas.

It could be that it is just family tradition!

There are several reasons as to why they decided to go at this time, and those saying that this is probably their norm, or that the kids are sleep deprived etc are talking rubbish. One late night, at the weekend will not create too many issues with sleep deprivation. I don't think it is fair to assume that the parents are irresponsible just because you caught a snapshot into their lives!

Can't do link thing but one of articles here www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14949533

I think a one off for medicine is fine. we have all been there. Regular late nights are destructive though. I have read this in the paper (times I think?) about it effecting concentation and behaviour during the school day. Sadly I know this to be true as I know quite a few late night children and they are mostly whingy and very pale