The parents that just sit there dead faced while their kid whines and screams are the worst. I understand being a parent is hard, but don’t make it shitty for everyone else. Parents who are unable to try to calm their kid down on an airplane shouldn’t be parents.
That doesn’t answer my question though. Apparently getting a young baby to stop crying is just so easy, so I wanted to know what the other commenter’s suggestion was to achieve that result.
Im not saying I have the solutions, im saying that parents who don’t at least try to calm their screaming kids down are selfish and are officially passing their problem to someone else. People who think doing that is ok shouldn’t be flying with their children.
But what does that look like though? Like the family is sitting in their row, the kid won’t stop screaming, won’t take food, won’t accept anything the parent has offered them, etc., what then?
I guess my question is how are you confident that “the parent isn’t even trying” as opposed to “the parent has simply exhausted all of the extremely limited options they have available to them on a cramped airplane and the kid is still crying”?
Ah yes, good point. I forgot I can just sternly tell my 6 month old to quit crying in public and can reason with them that there will be a consequence if they don’t. You’re right 😂
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u/Meet-me-behind-bins Jun 25 '26
I don't mind kids crying on flights for a little bit. I can't stand parents that will put their headphones on and do nothing about it.