My 3yo has just started a drop-off gymnastics class at a local community school, and my husband and I alternate who brings her. There are lots of sports/classes going on in the complex (e.g. training and matches that lots of parents are watching etc) so the car park can get busy.
When I drop her in, I leave my car parked in the car park and walk across the road to a cafe and sit for 45 minutes having a coffee before going back to collect her.
My husband thinks it's rude to take up a space in the busy car park during this time, and will move the car - either across the road to the cafe which often doesn't have parking outside as it's busy, in which case he drives further away to a quieter cafe for half an hour before returning to the school and having the stress of finding a space again before our daughter's class finishes.
I feel that as my daughter is literally having a class in the complex, it's ok to leave my car there for that time. I would never leave it there after the class and bring her out for breakfast or anything as I would agree that's inconsiderate. But I feel at 3yo she won't understand if we're late to collect her because of parking and she would get really upset. I never park in parent/child space if my toddlers aren't with me, as an example of how generally considerate I am 😅
This isn't an actual argument between us btw (it's not that big 😂) I'm just wondering where other people fall on our perspectives?