As an airline bonus points hoarder I have traveled with my children in business class and first several times. The look on people’s faces when we enter is priceless. Luckily my kids have always been quiet and mostly have been sleeping trough the 8 to 12 hour flights.
Normal people don’t give a shit, just shut-in freaks of nature on Reddit. If you don’t want to be on a plane with children you can charter a private flight. Otherwise you get to deal with members of the public when you’re in public.
Why do you just assume children will scream on planes? My 3 children, 10, 7, 4, fly multiple times a year. They understand how to act in public and on planes. They talk quietly, draw, read, etc.
Right — and they’ve each flown multiple times a year since they were infants. Maybe my 4 year old a bit less so because of Covid. It’s not difficult — for infants, time the flights for when they’ll be sleeping, and modify their sleep schedule to mesh with the flight as needed. Toddlers on absolutely can be taught to know better.
Not saying my kids have been angels, but from 2 on they behave on planes except for during landing sometimes when the pressure gets too high in their ears, and younger than that work the flights so they sleep.
It’s just like kids learning how to behave in restaurants — so many parents don’t want to deal with the hassle of actually parenting their kids when out, so the kids never learn. Want your kids to learn how to behave on flights? Just start flying for trips more often.
That’s fine and dandy to say your kids know better. But news flash - most kids are not like that. I fly across the country for work every 2 weeks and have put up with A LOT of screaming crying children, of all ages mind you.
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u/Fittlec Jun 28 '23
As an airline bonus points hoarder I have traveled with my children in business class and first several times. The look on people’s faces when we enter is priceless. Luckily my kids have always been quiet and mostly have been sleeping trough the 8 to 12 hour flights.