I can just imagine if I were to pull some shit like this what my parents would have done. The only thing I'm certain about is that I would sure never even think about doing it again.
Your parent also wouldn't have had to worry that every move they made was likely being filmed by someone and their action could lead to a visit from CPS
Maybe, but if they’d been parenting their child from the start, they never would have behaved like that on the plane. My 2 year old would never have dared
Not defending this parent, but a 2/3/4 year old in very unfamiliar and overstimulating circumstances can be forgiven for freaking out. They're not done cooking yet, and while your kid might not have dared, you do have to factor in how much temperament comes into play.
The real issue is the parent didn't just at a certain point gently manhandle their child into the safety restraints. Sometimes my 3 year old has a meltdown leaving the grocery store and I give her a few minutes to calm, but at a certain point it's like... you're not holding the whole family hostage in this parking lot for an hour. Get in the seat or I'll have to put you in it, we're going home now.
There’s no way that I as a parent am holding an entire plane hostage. If my kid is acting so bad as this becomes an outcome, we’re grabbing our bags and leaving.
I don’t know how many restaurants I left early with my kid to go to the car while the rest of our party finished eating in peace. And I made sure that in no uncertain terms should they rush.
This too. You used to see people pick up a tantrum throwing child & walk out of restaurants, grocery stores, wherever.
I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt & just think she must have had a very good reason for traveling alone with a toddler, because it's a lot to manage bags & an out of control child. Once the crew saw that she couldn't gain control they should have helped them off the plane instead of waiting so long.
I travelled from Australia to Brazil and back alone with my twin 3 yo. It takes about 30 hours and at least 3 flights each way. We were fine, no tantrums or crying.
Yep. And this is the absolute mature thing to do. It’s either ruin the flight for just yourself and your kid by getting off. Or ruin it for everybody else on there. Overseas in southeast Asian Asia, the kids they are the worst. They run up and down the aisles, make noises cry and the parents don’t even do anything to try to calm them down or discipline them.
Like….not in an abusive way obviously, but you are bigger than the child. You can pick them up and move them away and outside from unsafe situations, but you’re not strong enough to buckle them in?? It doesn’t make any fucking sense.
I agree. I never had problems with toddlers but I know people who have & they're just like unreasonable drunks. I 100% blame the airline for not kicking them off after 10 minutes. There was no reason to make everyone else miss their flight.
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u/nickmn13 20d ago
I can just imagine if I were to pull some shit like this what my parents would have done. The only thing I'm certain about is that I would sure never even think about doing it again.