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Personally, I'm not half as annoyed by children's behavior, it's the lack of correction and inconsideration on the part of the parents.
As a parent, I understand that children have their moments. If I'm in public and notice an overwhelmed parent I'm more likely to offer assistance if I can but these are not the situations being referred to in the OP.
Nothing sparks a debate like children/parental responsibilty. Having read several strong opinions(different forum) on the parents who were kicked off the Jetblue flight due to the tantrums of a 2-year old and several stories similar, I'm curious to know.....
Are you a parent or do you know a parent who allow their children to have "free range" in public? More and more we read about public places wanting to have a seperate area for children because parents allow children to 'behave' with little or no correction! There is nothing new about this topic but I am personally trying to understand.....Why?
Why allow a child to continually kick the occupied seat in front of them? why allow them to lean over the booth disturbing the patrons at a restaurant? why allow them to run up and down the aisles of a store, climb inside of carts, play with those heavy metal doors at the laundromat?
Certainly this does not apply to all. But for those who may be able to offer a different perspective(from my own) and some insight...please explain.......
Does "free range" mean the same thing as when we were kids? Back in the 60's, we sure had "free range" - from the age of 5, we were outside all day in the warm months, in the woods, at the playground, playing kickball in some vacant lot. As long as my mother had a generalized idea of where we were, she didn't care, as long as we weren't getting hurt or in trouble. We'd play outside in the dark until the porch lights came on, the signal that it was time to come inside. We were too tired to tantrum or wreak havoc...
Nothing sparks a debate like children/parental responsibilty. Having read several strong opinions(different forum) on the parents who were kicked off the Jetblue flight due to the tantrums of a 2-year old and several stories similar, I'm curious to know.....
Certainly this does not apply to all. But for those who may be able to offer a different perspective(from my own) and some insight...please explain.......
Yes, allowing kids to behave inappropriately in public should be the parents responsibility to either stop the kid from annoying others or get the kid out of the situation.
A kid crying on a plane is something else entirely as there is no place to take the kid and the possibility that the toddler is crying due to pain in the ear due to altitude and pressures within the ear should be given the benefit of the doubt by the passengers, How about a little compassion and patience directed to the kid and parents. landing the plane and throwing the kid off the plane seems a bit draconian in my view.
Does "free range" mean the same thing as when we were kids? Back in the 60's, we sure had "free range" - from the age of 5, we were outside all day in the warm months, in the woods, at the playground, playing kickball in some vacant lot. As long as my mother had a generalized idea of where we were, she didn't care, as long as we weren't getting hurt or in trouble. We'd play outside in the dark until the porch lights came on, the signal that it was time to come inside. We were too tired to tantrum or wreak havoc...
That's what "free range" means to me. It is not the same thing as having "no limits".
In this case I would have **tried** to plan this during sleeping time or right after a nap so he would either be asleep or have just woken up. And made sure he was well fed. But other than that, I would have just tried to give him a toy or food that he really wants. If he didnt settle down, i would apologize to the people around me and wait it out. There really isnt anything you can do if there is no way to remove the child from the situation.
We plan, God laughs.
They could certainly have planned it for naptime, but then with all the comotion, the child might have had difficulties falling asleep, now you have a stressful situation, and an overtired child. fun. I'm sure the parents were trying their best.
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Even having read all of the responses, I'm allowed to respond directly to the OP. Not my fault you picked a bad title. 
