Posted on 01/22/2007 10:51:57 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
I guess I should recognize it is YOU that this is about and others with crying children should consider YOU first when faced with these problems.
Not all grandparents can fly. Many are incapacitated.
Heaven forbid you would think of others ... that would be ... polite. Ah yes manners ... a concept obviously lost on some
You're right we weren't there, but from the story:
Ms. Kulesza is appreciative of the response, but believes she could have calmed her daughter down, if given the chance.
Well, good grief... We can narrow the parameters down if you want until we are arguing that it is of vital importance that all babies fly. The point is, when traveling with youngsters, it's possible they'll be asked to leave the plane if they can't handle it. Something to consider when deciding to plan a flight.
Agreed!
I have sympathy for the airline, but also sympathy for the family. I usually offer to help a parent of an unhappy child first, before complaining. I had good kids, but kids are still kids and sometimes they cry and carry on.
We can't tell if this child was just spoiled, but really most probably just stressed. Sometimes there's just nothing to do but remove an out of control baby/toddler.
In any case, i understand the employees taking them off the flight, what were they to do?? Offend or enrage 157 other paying passengers? I think the parents ought to calm down and take the offering and forgive the airline.
As for the jacket story, I don't see how it's that airline's fault at all.
"Perhaps to make some of the asses on this thread happy we should have just left her in Africa after the job ended."
Fed Ex? Just cut some holes! ;-)
Here again we just don't know what the parent considers to be, "given the chance".
"Sometimes, even the best behaved children will act like children."
And as this thread shows, sometimes adults act like children too.
Ms. Kulesza is appreciative of the response, but believes she could have calmed her daughter down, if given the chance.
You don't need to good grief me. You're the one making blanket statements.
And why exactly would someone want to bring a 2-3 year old to see an incapacitated grandparent. But should it be necessary ... then so is the trip.
So tell me, what would you do if you are two hours into 5 hour flight and your wife/husband/partner starts crying, screaming, gets sick, do you first consider the other 200 passengers? or do you try to do what you can to take care of the problem?
I know there are some kids that just won't shut up no matter what parents do, but I think in 90% of cases, a kid who's ALWAYS crying and carrying on it can be traced to the parents.
Do I think that parents should use SOME desecration before bringing a small (1-3) year old child on an airplane ... absolutely.
Mrs. Kuleszas should thank her lucky stars that she did not see fit to express that thought to the flight crew at any time.
We would be reading an entirely different story than the one above.
Yep, our pediatrician told me to do that to my now 12 year old who was 1 1/2 at the time of her first plane trip. God Bless any doctor that tells me to dope up my kids.
"Desecration" is what 1-3 year olds cause. I think you meant "discretion". :)
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