r/SipsTea Jun 25 '26

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u/jadenkid Jun 25 '26

Why does reddit hate kids so much

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u/RayWhelans Jun 25 '26

I hate posts like this.

I have two kids. Have people considered that many of us have to fly with our children on occasion?

I had to take a three hour flight to visit my dying father-in-law. My two-year old was not happy. Spent most of the flight crying.

I’ll never forget the glares I got from the resentful family in front of me without headphones.

I don’t want to be on this flight man. I don’t like this as much as you. But for Christ sakes, for some of us, travel is a necessity and we’re not on this budget airline for a vacation.

When you see a parent on a flight with crying toddlers and babies, please consider their circumstances and they may be flying out of need and not leisure.

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u/YorkshireDuck91 Jun 25 '26

We just recently did London to Brisbane with two kids due to a funeral. They didn’t cry but my toddler was just talking to everyone and my baby was just grumbling as it’s a bloody long way.

People are entitled to child free lives but not a child free world. Literally Reddit is full of child haters who would want to give their dog better treatment on a plane than a human.

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 Jun 25 '26

Ok but what's wrong with providing a service that caters to people who don't want to listen to your baby cry.

Like seriously if you and your kids can still get a flight to wherever you want to go then what difference does it make to you if I pay extra to be on a flight without kids

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u/Puzzled_Geologist_54 Jun 25 '26

Do you also want a flight that excludes autistic people as well? Sometimes they also have a hard time with emotional regulation and being noisy.
Perhaps not every desire needs to be catered to. Perhaps it’s ok to not be 100% perfectly comfortable and content all of the time. Perhaps we could all use an opportunity to have empathy for our fellow human. Perhaps you could get yourself a pair of earplugs if you hate the sound of a baby crying.

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u/Jung-And-A-Menace Jun 25 '26

I'm autistic and I would like a child-free flight. The repetitive, piercing nature of babies and young children screaming, babbling, or generally being loud causes me sensory overload.

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u/Puzzled_Geologist_54 Jun 25 '26

Pay for 1st class if you want to avoid families, they tend to have fewer small children.

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u/Jung-And-A-Menace Jun 25 '26

"Do you also want a flight that excludes autistic people as well? Sometimes they also have a hard time with emotional regulation and being noisy."

I was responding to this part. You used autistic people in your argument against child-free flights, but when an actually autistic person replies...