Is this normal for parents of young children?

For a variety of reasons, parents of young kids rarely book my place, but this morning a couple with two daughters in the 2- to 4-year-old range checked out. In the bathroom, I found a roll of toilet paper that had been clumsily re-wound after one of the kids apparently pulled out the roll all over the unit. Is it normal behavior for parents of toddlers to leave behind this sort of thing with zero communication to the host? Just wondering if this should be part of my expectations next time parents with young kids book the place.

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:rofl:

That is the least of your worries with kids around. At least the loo paper was re-would albeit scruffily. Cats and puppies are prone to playing with loo roll too but they can unwind a roll all through the house. Iā€™ve never met one that
was trained to rewind.

I promise - kids can do far, far worse.

Itā€™s many years since I hosted children and even in those days, when I privately believe that children (and parents) were far more civilised, they were still unpredictable in their, um, ā€˜habitsā€™.

Other hosts here love hosting children. I can only do with the little so-and-sos when they are a close blood relation. Even thenā€¦

:crazy_face:

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You seriously expect a parent to communicate such a piddly little thing to you? Raise your price if you are fussed about a messed up roll of perfectly useable toilet paper.

Most hosts take partial rolls of toilet paper from their rentals to use themselves, anyway. I think it was considerate of mom to rewind it instead of throwing it out.

I remember when I was a kid, my mom asked my little brother to bring her some pieces of toilet paper. He must have been about 3 years old. He came back in the living room, holding the end of the roll, which was still attached to a ribbon of TP trailing back into the bathroom. I remember it because we all started laughing.

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Speaking as a parent myself - parents are the WORST guests.

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Speaking as a parent who does my absolute best to be a good guestā€¦ itā€™s one roll of toilet paper, I would feel awful for bugging a host for something so insignificant that would be likely thrown away anyways. If a child did this to the whole pack of toilet paperā€¦ absolutely. But the one currently in use? Thereā€™s literally no point as you hopefully would never leave that there for the next guest.

If actually damage or extra mess happens, I would hope they would communicate that.

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Itā€™s literally fifty cents!
I would be utterly delighted if this was the only child issue!
Urine wet beds
Scribbles in texta on a wardrobe doors
My guest book torn up and distributed around the garden.
Wet towels on antique French polished furniture
Sticky finger marks everywhere
Food crumbs everywhere
Broken garden ornaments
Glitter and sparkle stickers on walls and floors
Parents allowed their children to ride bikes through my house on hand made rugs
A roll of toilet paperā€¦ā€¦:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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@Debthecat Did they film one of those Airbnb commercials at your place, showing kids having a GREAT time at their Airbnb?

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To be honest, thatā€™s nothing. I would expect more of a mess with two small children. At least nothing was broken.

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Honestly, this is THE best outcome of hosting a family with two young children. I wish all of our guests would behave like that.

You should read my post about kids:
How do you handle kids staying?

You donā€™t have children i would deduce from that comment.
However, if you are having littluns as guests you should make sure your place is safe for them in many ways. Should you need ideas for that , ask
this forum

Our listing caters to families. It made sense when we started growing our own family and we had a lot of baby gear left over. Itā€™s actually great traveling and staying in family friendly Airbnbs. Just make sure there is a high chair and a travel crib with linens is all you really need.

I donā€™t know if this is British slang or not but when I told Himself about the unwound-and-then-wound-back-up post he said:

ā€œIt must be a wind-upā€.

I think you have to be Britishā€¦

:rofl:

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Itā€™s not an American expression, but Iā€™m familiar with it, and that was a good pun by your S.O.

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This morning, I had a roll of TP on my bedside table, it got knocked off, rolled across the floor and unwound.

So my first thought was, ā€œWhy automatically blame it on children?ā€ :laughing:

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Itā€™s an easy excuse.

Except the OP here automatically assumed that a child was responsible, it wasnā€™t the parent using it as an excuse.

In my own home, more often than not itā€™s been the cat who has played with loo rolls and festooned them around the house.

Him or the robot vacuum which has been responsible for all sorts of weird placements, including widespread loo roll distribution.

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In future you could suggest that parents place toilet paper roll above reach of little hands, if possible.