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At least you can say something to the adults. You can't say anything to kids because the parents will think you're some kind of horrible monster.
I can think of a couple of times when I have told small children to stop kicking the back of my seat (after saying something to the parent proved to be useless). I really don't care what their parents think - I don't put up with that crap. If you can't keep your child from behaving inappropriately, and their behavior is bothering me, I have no problem telling the little brat to knock it off.
I would not be against childfree flights or at least childfree sections of the plane. The problem isn't the kids. Kids misbehave. It's with selfish parents/guardians who think that just because they aren't bothered by their kid's behavior, no one else must be. I could be wrong, but I always assumed that when one chooses to have a child, they're also choosing to take responsibility for that child and make sacrifices as a result.
I was on a flight from New York City to Seoul recently and believe me, if a child had been acting up, no one would have stood for it.
^^THIS!!!^^
I'm a parent. I'm a parent who has flown with my kids. When my ds was an infant, and we boarded the plane, we got dirty looks from those forced to sit next to us. But my ds was a good flyer, I'm an attentive mom and I got thanked at the end of all our flights. When the kids were both toddlers, we flew on less crowded flights, one parent per kid - seated seperately, so they wouldn't fight. It worked out well - we had lots of stuff to distract them. They flew alone this last time. Now THAT was probably hell on those around them - their bickering is SOOO annoying.
If I were going to fly, sans children, I would probably "pop" for extra to fly childless - if I'm not flying with MINE, I don't want to fly with OTHER people's kids!
I'm a parent. I'm a parent who has flown with my kids. When my ds was an infant, and we boarded the plane, we got dirty looks from those forced to sit next to us. But my ds was a good flyer, I'm an attentive mom and I got thanked at the end of all our flights. When the kids were both toddlers, we flew on less crowded flights, one parent per kid - seated seperately, so they wouldn't fight. It worked out well - we had lots of stuff to distract them. They flew alone this last time. Now THAT was probably hell on those around them - their bickering is SOOO annoying.
If I were going to fly, sans children, I would probably "pop" for extra to fly childless - if I'm not flying with MINE, I don't want to fly with OTHER people's kids!
It'd be great if more parents were like you and actually paid attention to their kids. Not just for the people sitting near you, but for the kid him/herself!
I'm a parent. I'm a parent who has flown with my kids. When my ds was an infant, and we boarded the plane, we got dirty looks from those forced to sit next to us. But my ds was a good flyer...
What does 'ds' stand for? I can figure out from the context that you are talking about your child but that's about it.
After reading and laughing at the tales of the tribulations associated with modern air travel, it makes me rather smug and confident that a decision made decades ago was the wise one. Whenever travel is required, I DRIVE. Am well aware that this is simply not practical for many, but for myself it has worked. As a few earlier posters have remarked, I too have a very low tolerance for boorish behavior. The me-first-I-do-what-I-want attitude so common today simply does not wash. If I were forced to fly, the chances would be very good that my journey would end up in cuffs. If I did not punch a TSA goon a brawl on the plane with one or more of the afore mentioned nitwits could be a strong possibility. Not wishing to have to adjust to prison life, I will avoid airplanes. Sarcasm and satire aside, since have no plans to leave the USA or even travel more than three days drive from home, driving is practical and air travel is not required. If a trip to Alaska or Hawaii should come up will go by ship.
Seems like everyone forgot that they were once those crying infants on a flight headed to a visit to Grandma's.
I find that people that get so sensitive are usually just angry, hateful people in general. I always take my headphones, Ipod and a book on a flight. Kids can cry, scream, whatever they want. Has never bothered me.
In my experience, it's only in the US that people have this hateful attitude towards kids flying. In Europe, Asia, Latin America, people actually strike up conversations with kids, ask to hold babies. I know.......strange!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And people with your attitude are parents and the rest of the world has to deal with their badly behaving kids.
My parents would never allow us to behave badly in public; we would suffer many consequences.
I never took a flight until I was 16, but nice try to blame people for not liking the piercing noise of crying kids.
I live in Europe and fly frequently, people do not love crying and misbehaving kids on flights. No one does.
I find it strange that you assign "hate" to others feelings.
Seems like you hate those of us who don't want to be around misbehaving kids.
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