I’m not sure that the UK has a child-worshipping culture, but I do think that some parents amongst themselves have one (I’m thinking predominantly of work here - how me and my other childfree colleagues are endlessly expected to work when parents aren’t, on the basis that “we’ll get our turn”. Just one example of the culture that makes childfree people irritated.)
There’s an interesting mix of “but why didn’t he complain?” and “what does he expect parents to do?” - the latter answers the former.
I had this problem in a flat, and dared to mention it (I was working really long hours to make my rent, and was exhausted), only to get a mouthful of abuse about being a miserable twat who’d forgotten that I was once a child. Whenever we passed in the hallways, she’d nudge the person she was with and make a comment. That might be an extreme example, perhaps, but it also has the hallmarks of some PPs on this thread, so. I don’t blame the writer for not mentioning it, and having been at my wits end in the same situation, I can sort of understand writing to a newspaper! That said, the tone is awful and I’d be embarrassed reading it back.