3-year-old unnerves airline [Girl taken off flight for crying too much]

Telegram.com ^ | 01/21/07 | Dianne Williamson

[linda_22003]

My husband was on a long flight like that, and got a frown from the stewardess with the drinks cart when he offered to buy the baby a Bourbon-and-Similac.

[Niteranger68]

Yup ... there is always someone who thinks that the rest of us should suffer their brats

And they are sooo tolerant when you scream and cry right back at their child.

[clamper1797]

Hyberbole not withstanding ... children 5 and older are usually ok on airplanes

[Muzzle_em]

A friend of mine did that to his kids for a flight from Guam to the U.S. He said many passengers and flight attendants thanked him profusely.

[SF Republican]

Yep, there are always some that are somewhat selfish and think even in a public setting they should not be disturbed. The little ones are children, children cry. Calling them degrading names does not change that.

[teenyelliott]

I was "getting violent towards them."

I do not doubt that for ONE minute.

[clamper1797]

Try taking your squalling kid to a public library and see how long you last

[JRios1968]

And yet, you'd be wrong!

I wasn't getting violent...I wasn't even raising my voice, certainly not over the level needed to make yourself heard in the rear of a 737. Screw 'em.

[Niteranger68]

The new parents definition of selfish: Not allowing yourself to disturbed by someone else's children.

[clamper1797]

Exactly ... how very selfish ... of me ...

[Publius6961]

How about...maybe if you don't like hearing a kid cry, then you should get off of the plane.

That is the attitude that explains the hostility towards the children.
Although in this case it may not be true, the "it's all about me and my kids and screw the rest of you" attitude is universally unacceptable --- and much too common.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

On my last trip to Florida a young mother started giving her three young children benadryl about 1/2 an hour before we were scheduled to take off. She caught me watching her and I thanked her. She laughed and said it was for her sanity as well.

We did that to our two year old coming out of Johannesburg headed for London. She screamed for 3 hours and then passed out. She had never been a problem before but we were trying to do our best to make sure. I guess the drug didn't work as suggested. Perhaps to make some of the asses on this thread happy we should have just left her in Africa after the job ended.

[SF Republican]

I would not take my child anywhere when they are "squalling". When one is on an airplane flight ones options are greatly diminished. Lets discuss this issue before you start bringing up all of the places one should NOT take their child. Or we can just accept that you are intolerant of the plight of others in this scenario.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

but it sounds like the stewardess wanted that kid strapped in its seat.

Not so much her as FAA regulations. Not the least of which would probably be the airline's insurance carrier. I can see the lawsuit now from the parents if something happened to that child because it had not be properly strapped in it's seat.

[ladyjane]

I'm disgusted by parents who can't discipline their children. Any 3 year old who hits her mother, as this child did, has not been raised properly.

The other night at dinner there were three children running around, standing on chairs, and shrieking. The parents were ignoring them. At one point it got so bad the entire restaurant just stopped and turned toward the kids.

One of the fathers announced with a smile, "Folks, we're leaving soon." I responded in a very loud voice, "We're all hoping."

I loved the shocked look on the father's face! They left immediately.

[OldFriend]

LOL....I think your hubby had the right idea!

[AxelPaulsenJr]

If there were a small child on the flight it was always my great fortune to have the seat next to them

My good furtune is to get the morbidly obese passenger next to me.

[trillabodilla]

I have, too; I always try to put myself in their shoes. Sure it's irritating, but being a parent, you try to understand.

Same at the supermarket and restaurants- when a child is throwing a hum-dinger, I usually think- been there, done that, poor mom.

[clamper1797]

Yes there are some asses out there who can't tell the difference between a necessary trip like leaving Africa where having small children would be acceptable and an unnecessay trip like visiting the grandparents

[SF Republican]

I certainly did not mean to insinuate its all about me and my kids, my point is just the opposite: if the passenger is upset then they should make other arrangements. If I don't like something happening then I can do something about it not demand the "offending party" do what I want them to do. Do you feel if a child starts crying on a plane then the parents should disembark if that is what one other passenger wants? Do you really think there is a hostile attitude towards children?