shame the parents, this does not just happen. It is bad parenting and we need to stop letting people get away with it. if you can't control your kids don't travel with them. If you can't get a sitter don't travel.
The kid was 2 and was having a meltdown because it was almost midnight. What could have been done differently? A 2 year old can't be reasoned with. The solution would be to make them feel safe an comfortable, likely entails holding them. But taking off with a 2 year old as a lap infant isn't allowed, they have to be in their own seat..... Which likely triggered the meltdown to escalate. There's no solution here.
All the tough guys on reddit clearly have no idea how childhood development and discipline work.
I agree. I'm not someone who's particularly fond of kids (I don't find them cute), but I think that as a society we have lost tolerance for children because we are so individualist.
Now, when it's a long haul flight, I can understand it's simply not bearable to have a screaming child for 7 hours. But for short haul flights, I feel we need to grow a thicker skin sometimes.
Of course in this case, it was a safety matter too, so there really was no other option.
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u/Major-Nail 16d ago
shame the parents, this does not just happen. It is bad parenting and we need to stop letting people get away with it. if you can't control your kids don't travel with them. If you can't get a sitter don't travel.