Parental Control

Hi!

I probably should start by saying that I am new to the forum and a new CC member, and new to the whole caravanning thing (well, not new completely - my parents had a VW camper in which all of my childhood holidays were spent, but you get the point!!)

I've just come back from my first trip away in a not-so-new-but-leak-free-and-it's-fine-for-us caravan, and on the whole we had a great time.

The site that we were on was great, immacuately kept, but one thing that really struck me though was the other kids on the CC site we were on.  Even my kids (10 and nearly 5) were horrified at their language and behaviour.

Kids of all ages felt it was OK to run around late at night screaming and shouting.  This became a nightly occurance.   On the one night my HB joined us and I was able to go for a late night shower on my own I was disturbed by the a seemingly large group come charging through the shower block, and some of the voices were definately teenage males in the ladies showers.  For obvious reasons I didn't open the door and tell them off!!

On leaving the shower block I found one of the teenage boys trying to remove the sign from the ladies door (to be fair the girls he was with were trying to stop him) and I just stood there giving him my best Paddington Bear stare while he at least had the decency to look shame faced and and leave.

One morning the kids playground was covered with water ballons that had obviously been thrown about and a poor member of staff was doing his very best to pick them up before a small child found one and a nasty accident happened.

When driving through the site I often had to stop to wait for large gaggles of teenagers to finish their seemingly lengthy discussions, hug and kiss each other goodbye and move themselves, scooters and bikes out of the road (I'd be lying here if I said by day 6 I wasn't sorely tempted to put my hand on the horn and leave it there until they shifted, or switch the engine off, get out of the car and  make a point of leaning on the bonnet until they'd all quite finished!!)

Sorrry this sounds like a complete rant, and perhaps I should have spoken to the wardens about it (although it's not their job to look after other peoples children) but I didn't want to make a fuss at the time and it's only as I've come away I thought I should say something.  To be honest I really expected better from CC members (this was a members only site), that they would be making sure their kids (no matter what their age) were behaving properly, and not causing annoyance, distrurbance or plain vandalism to others.

So the point of my post, is my experience typical?  Did I just get unlucky with the others that were on the site at the time?  Should I have said something to the wardens, and if so, what could (or would) they have done about it?

Thanks for taking the time to read my post

Sue xx