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AIBU to be disgusted by parents and children at holiday parks?

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ToffeePennie · 04/04/2026 21:06

I am so disgusted by Utterly gross behaviour of young children and their parents on holiday parks.
We’ve been at our favourite campsite since Friday night and so far I’ve been punched and smacked by numerous little kids, this is clearly kids trying to push past in queues or when waiting for entertainment etc to start and it’s not eagerness, it’s a massive case of “I’m entitled to be first!”
We were sat towards some stairs at a table and chairs, clearly the “space” is designated for the table. Sadly, dozens of kids have climbed the stairs, stuffed themselves in a tiny gap and literally kicked/punched my kids to try and get up/down the stairs. I ended up moving my seat to cover the gap and got kicked repeatedly by small children trying to squeeze into a gap that wasn’t there.
A man then saw his daughter pick up a lolly off the floor and put it in her mouth. Instead of throwing it in the bin 2 paces behind him, he threw it back onto the floor. When I told him, he said “well you throw it away then” how vile and disgusting this man is I cannot tell you. I literally wanted to punch him. (I did put the gross lolly in the bin, because the staff shouldn’t have to clean that up)
why can parents not keep an eye on their kids, apologise when they hurt someone, check they know where their kids are and ensure they aren’t engaging in gross behaviours? I have noticed it’s gotten so much worse since Covid, it seems people are stuck in their own bubble and don’t care about anyone or anything else.
It’s so vile the amount of selfish and entitled behaviour I have seen makes me so sad.

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Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 06/04/2026 11:27

Yes it would be interesting if we did tell their DCs off wouldn’t it.
Do they really want me to shout ‘Shut the fuck up and get out, you little bastard, and take your brain dead father with you!’
Interesting.

ElvisGrace · 06/04/2026 11:35

Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 06/04/2026 11:27

Yes it would be interesting if we did tell their DCs off wouldn’t it.
Do they really want me to shout ‘Shut the fuck up and get out, you little bastard, and take your brain dead father with you!’
Interesting.

I used to work in a role many years ago where I wore a uniform that was mistaken for the police quite regularly
And now they most definitely do not want you to tell their children off. There were a few times when we called the actual police to deal with their feral children and without fail every single time there would be a complaint about ourselves. Despite the fact that everybody has the power to make a citizens arrest.
Apparently, they particularly had the hump about the plastic piggies doing so

JudgeJ · 09/04/2026 12:23

constantnc · 05/04/2026 12:16

Currently sat on the side of a pool in a very naice 5 star resort.
Kids screaming, no parents in sight.....i'm one a few parents here supervising my own child.
Just wish the family of 4 screeching girls would observe them & tell them to to behave 😬

Continue to just supervise your own child, If the ones who are being neglected by their breeders fall in the pool, have an accident involving blood etc etc, continue to watch your own children and ignore the rest.

JudgeJ · 09/04/2026 12:32

Er, no - schools and teachers are often the ONLY people who are not failing children and families. But you cannot, just cannot, judge or criticise parents

Reminds me of an incident 20+ years ago where a very bright 14 year old looked half asleep in class, when I asked her, on her own, was she not sleeping she told me she had to get up to change and feed her 15 year old sister's baby at 2am then spend an hour or more resettling the baby because their mother said that sister needed her rest. When I said this wasn't her responsibility and it was interfering with her learning the mother phoned school to say it was none of that bitch's (me) business what they did.

JudgeJ · 09/04/2026 12:36

Buscobel · 05/04/2026 12:43

Somewhere along the line, we have raised a generation that are intolerant of others, entitled and put themselves first. They have expectations that people will do things for them, so they don’t have to bother. Before I get jumped on, I recognise that it’s a proportion of people, not everyone by any means, but they are more disruptive to the general public than their numbers might suggest.

There is a greater awareness of neuro diversity and difference, but I do believe we are in danger of using that to avoid correcting children (and adults) when they do things that are behaving in a way that upsets and inconveniences others.

Neuro diversity has become the excuse for a lot of things and it's often not even diagnosed, just the parent using it for their convenience. Are we now at the stage where there are no simply naughty children who get up to no good?

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