Mum rages at nonparents for parking in family spot - but some say it's fair game
A mum has sparked a debate after complaining about childless people parking their cars in family spaces at supermarkets. The woman, who has a toddler and a baby, shared how she needs the extra room that family spaces provide to safely get her children in and out of her car.
She said in a post shared to Reddit : "[I have] two car seats and a double pram. I genuinely need a fair bit of space when parking and recently I've seen so many people without children parking in the family spots - it's so frustrating.
"Surely family spots are there for a reason - they're closer to entrances and allow more space to get in and out. It's so helpful to a parent!" When all the spaces have been taken, she says she ends up driving around the car park until she comes across an ordinary space with enough room to safely unbuckle her children, all while they're "screaming and crying" in the car.
"Some car parks have such narrow spots it's impossible to get my kids in and out without hitting a car. I've caught some people in the act, and have confronted them 'Hey I think you've left your kids in the car' but no one thinks they are doing anything wrong or should move.
"I think family spots should have the same rules as disabled spots. Just don't know how that would be implemented." While some users agree only parents should park in family spots, others claim it's 'fair game' and isn't an enforceable rule.
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One user said: "They’re a nice courtesy to have, but they’re not essential in the same way as a disabled space. I’ll use a parent-and-child space if there is one because it makes life easier and safer with my son but we won’t have to turn around and go home if they’re all taken. I think the early days of parenting are so overwhelming that some people forget that other people exist with their own needs…"
Another user added: "The difference between disability parking and parents and babies parking is that one is a courtesy and the other is not. I'm so old that when I had my first baby the parent and baby parks didn't exist and then when we finally got them they were mother and baby parks. Somehow we all coped."
A third user said: "I’d hate that person to have tackled me before I got my baby when I used to park in parent and child spaces as a reasonable adjustment for my disability. And I didn’t have kids with me. What is it about those who hate us so much that they have to post hate speech and get away with it even though we are supposed to have protection on the grounds of our protected characteristics?
" It’s gone beyond a joke and I am so close to deregistering over it. Here too because it’s starting to creep in here too. I’m allowed reasonable adjustments. I can’t help being neurodiverse. There’s nothing wrong with me it’s how I am.
"It means I don’t do some things the same as others but the constant questioning of 'why can’t you just', 'why don’t you' and the one which was here where the existence of autistic triggers was even questioned is just so so unfair and wrong and upsetting. I can’t help that my legs don’t work properly. I wish they did. I’m not sorry that my life and my way of being offends neurotypical people so much."
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