Screaming Children

Originally posted by Jacki
I was on an Air India flight once when an elderly grandfather bringing a very small child back from New York, on realising there wasn't a seat booked for the baby tried to put him/her in the overhead locker!!! It took a great deal of shouting and hand gestures by the crew to make him appreciate he was expected to look after said baby for the entire journey!

Oh my!!![:0]

Some folk might quite like that idea actually!!!(Not me I hasten to add!)

[Darren Wheeler]

there's a difference between placing your little angel in the overhead and locking the little monster in there as punishment. [:w]

Makes me glad i'm an adult and I have G&T to entertain me[^]

Obviously, this is a topic which polarises people...

Good parents will always work hard to prevent or limit any nuisance caused by their children. However, don't assume that every child over two should demonstrate perfect behaviour. There are various medical conditions which mean that unfamiliar surroundings can be a challenge. If you see parents doing their level best with their children, just be thankful that you don't have to walk in their shoes.

And,no, I don't have a vested interest here. My two have been fairly frequent travellers who will, thankfully, be happily entertained by DVDs for the entire journey (often the same one over and over again). There are consequences for misbehaviour and a low tolerance threshold, but I am all too aware of the struggles some families have just to travel anywhere to get a break.

Just my thoughts...

EC

In my view an unruly passenger is an unruly passenger no matter what the age - apart from a little more tolerance for the under 3s. The difference is that an adult is responsible for their own behaviour while with a child the responsibility lies with the parent.

If the parent is seen to be behaving responsibly then all well and good - what gets me is when parents consider that the flight is a chance to kick-back, relax and let their angels have free run of the a/c. When we get on an aircraft with our 2 (5 and 3 - another due in September) we know the holiday does not start on the plane. If we're lucky we get a couple of hours to watch a movie while the other supervises but at meal times it's all hands to the pump.

Ptarmigin - great idea with the collecting rubbish idea - like it.

Jacki - I was amazed about 5 years ago on an Air France flight to the Far East when the SkyCot was produced and the crew proceeded to hang it from the overhead bin - I kid you not. I suggested somewhere else they could stow it.

FM

so what happened to, let kids be kids...??????

i take 3 of my kids upper where ever we go.....not any 'looks' or any comments from anyone....i feel the people who are moaning, dont have kids, or fly without their kids...or put them in y alone.....

still....im off to enjoy all the parks in disney now....!

bye

Nothing wrong with kids on planes or in any cabin, thats not to say people should be expected to suffer other peoples childrens misbehaving, it might be normal at home to hear your own children shreiking and having tantrums and acceptable but other people are not required to accept it nor should they.

Very often I hear or read the superior we are families and therfore more worthy 'what do you expect' attitude because the plane is flying to a holiday destination..well so what, what I expect is what I paid for not someone elses baggage.

There is no reason for kids to misbehave or shreik past toddler age as long as parents are trying to calm or entertain I don't have a problem.

I do have a problem with parents that seem to think they are entitled to let their kids annoy other people and expect others to put up and shut up and also give the impression that because they have a family they are superior to everyone else.

Here here easygoingeezer - i've got no problem at all with children or in fact children crying, as has been mentioned on this thread there are times when little ones are totally inconsolable and even the most heroic parents can't do anything about it.

What I do have a problem with is when parents either:
a) have small children and don't bring anything to amuse them and leave it up to the crew, thus usually resulting in a bored and grizzly child.
b) have bigger children with no sense of discipline and let them run riot annoying other passengers.