Holiday kids clubs rant

December 27th, 2009 admin

My husband and I were staying at a fairly posh resort in Mexico, and we noticed these kids at the beach. They were obviously brother and sister, and they looked miserable as they half-heartedly made sandcastles with the bored-looking teenaged kid’s club employee. Dumping the kids in a holiday club We saw them every day, and every day my we’d turn to each other and ask “Why bring your kids?” and wonder which drunken yahoos by the pool were their parents. Sound harsh? It was meant to. As honeymooners more than 2 years away from parenthood, we uttered that daily with as much judgement …


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