Businesses saying keep the rowdy children at home.

[sniffles]

...let's ban kids from airplanes, too!

Just kidding, BTW, as a father of a very active 3-year old and enormously cute 1-year old, I know all about kids acting up. We do get the kids out to get them used to different situations, but if they start acting up (usually our son), we vacate the premises.

However, on a flight from Baltimore to San Antonio tonight, I had the misfortune to sit directly in front of a family of...hippies (for lack of a better term). The youngest (about 3) screamed at the top of her lungs for most of the flight and ran up and down the aisle several times...sans pants or diaper...nice. The two older kids were fairly well behaved, but the parents made no visible effort to calm or quiet the younger one.

Thank the stars I had my MP3 player...nothing like Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" at max volume to drown out the screams !

I just don't get people sometimes...

~ OO

While I think it is the responsibility of the parents to make their children behave, why the heck didn't the flight attendants do something?!! Maybe people would take more responsibility for bad behavior (and I mean everyone, not just parents with children) if the rest of us called them on the carpet more often. It seems that we're all afraid that the bad behaver will sue or pull a gun. But if twenty people on a bus object to one person yelling and swearing, for example, he probably can't shoot all of us.

 

[Warrior Poet]

he probably can't shoot all of us.

You need to get to the gun range. Have you seen some of the firearms out there these days?

Facetiousness aside, I agree that public shaming can go a long way toward getting people to pay attention.

Warrior Poet

 

[Old One]

You need to get to the gun range. Have you seen some of the firearms out there these days?

Facetiousness aside, I agree that public shaming can go a long way toward getting people to pay attention.

Warrior Poet

Bring back public stocks and rotten vegatables!

I agree - public shaming is very underutilized - I love this story:

http://www.newsok.com/article/1671313/

~ OO

 

[Desdichado]

But if twenty people on a bus object to one person yelling and swearing, for example, he probably can't shoot all of us.

Unless he's on full auto and has a bandolier of bullets across his chest.

But I'm guessing that at that point, we already know to leave the guy alone.

Old One; great story! I can't believe that mom is getting all kinds of flack about "emotional abuse." In my book, she's doing a great job.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

...let's ban kids from airplanes, too!

Just kidding, BTW, as a father of a very active 3-year old and enormously cute 1-year old, I know all about kids acting up. We do get the kids out to get them used to different situations, but if they start acting up (usually our son), we vacate the premises.

However, on a flight from Baltimore to San Antonio tonight, I had the misfortune to sit directly in front of a family of...hippies (for lack of a better term). The youngest (about 3) screamed at the top of her lungs for most of the flight and ran up and down the aisle several times...sans pants or diaper...nice. The two older kids were fairly well behaved, but the parents made no visible effort to calm or quiet the younger one.

Thank the stars I had my MP3 player...nothing like Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" at max volume to drown out the screams !

I just don't get people sometimes...

~ OO

I have on a couple of occasions "adopted" someone else's child on a flight. The parents don't do anything to control the kids and I cannot take it so I do what I can to entertain the child. Pretty easy when I have my kids along with crayons, coloring books and an array of toys. Not so easy when I'm travelling for work with my laptop and a book or magazine.

I have found that after some time of keeping the child calmer and quieter, the parents get a clue and try and do some on their own. Maybe they just needed a break, and a gentle reminder of what being a parent is about.

 

[Desdichado]

Maybe they just needed a break, and a gentle reminder of what being a parent is about.

Probably so. You're a great example to us all, Thornir. Unfortunately, I don't do "gentle reminders" very well.

 

[Old One]

Probably so. You're a great example to us all, Thornir. Unfortunately, I don't do "gentle reminders" very well.

Hehe...

I didn't want to get into anything with the parents, since I already wanted to strangle the unwashed husband. We were next in line for take-off when he decided he needed to get out of his seat, walk back several seats to where they had placed their bags and rummage around in his backpack.

The flight attendants went ballistic, especially when he tried to argue with them about sitting down immediately...idiot.

That said, I have actually helped out moms traveling with multiple children in the past, like keeping one occupied while she goes to change a diaper or is dealing with a cranky kid. I just wanted to jettison this crew.

~ OO

 

[buzzard]

Unless he's on full auto and has a bandolier of bullets across his chest.

But I'm guessing that at that point, we already know to leave the guy alone.

Old One; great story! I can't believe that mom is getting all kinds of flack about "emotional abuse." In my book, she's doing a great job.

Scenrario:
Rude buffoon on bus happens to be IPSC competitor and carrying a double stack full sized 9mm with two spare mags. If he restrains his '2 to the chest, one to the head' inclination, that's 45 shots to distribute among, what did we say? 20 people? Well those twenty better tackle him in a hurry, or things could get ugly.

If you happen to have never seen an IPSC match (International Practical Shooting Confederation), and that is understandable since it isn't televised a lot, you would be amazed at what the good people can do.

buzzard

 

[Desdichado]

That said, I have actually helped out moms traveling with multiple children in the past, like keeping one occupied while she goes to change a diaper or is dealing with a cranky kid. I just wanted to jettison this crew.

Oh, yeah, I'd totally do that. It's always good to be reminded that reasonably behaved children are usually completely fun and a joy to be around.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

The parents need to learn that if they raise animals, they'll be asked to leave thier pets at home.

Quoted for truthery. And for the humor factor as well!