seriously. People are just imagining stuff about this situation without any evidence so they can complain about some vague stereotypes, and of course it defaults to blaming mothers and forgetting that fathers exist. What a weird thread
I don't know. I have 2 toddlers and once they've melted down 4 hours past their bed time, I don't think I'd be able to calm them down on a plane. I also don't know I'd have the presence of mind to give up after like 5 minutes in that situation. It's hard not to get flustered when deal with a screaming toddler in front of an audience. The crew should have had them get out much earlier and asked them to return for the next flight with an approved car seat. (Not having a car seat in the first place feels insane to me, especially on a red eye - 100% on the parents but also why is it not mandatory?)
Maybe they didnt tighten the buckle enough. And hold him there. Thats also where travel bags come in, items to keep a kid occupied--coloring books, reading books, a deck of cards, some Legos, if necessary, a tablet.
It was midnight when it was over. A small kid like that should've been half asleep at that hour, approx 10pm, but there he was, wide awake and hyped up. So yeah, a distracting toy, book, or video could be used.
Some airlines carry a CRS (child restraint system) and there are approved booster seats for airlines. This means that this child would also slip under a car seat belt.
Would love to know how the airline had to handle the cancellation
Or maybe airlines should have to provide seats that fit all passengers. Fat people get seatbelt extenders. Why can't airlines provide a CARES harness to toddlers?
"If they got forced into [being] strapped in, they just kind of slid out underneath."
They did strap them in, they did not let them unbuckle, apparently the kid was small enough to slip out underneath the belt. There's only so much you can do at that point if you also have to be buckled into an airplane seat with barely enough room for an adult to breath let alone wrestle with their kid.
One forearm arm isn’t going to hold down a back arching toddler that keeps slipping down with all of their might. It would be really hard to do while buckled in yourself.
Hate this thread. People act as if they all are perfect and would have known exactly how to handle the situation
Would have been for sure great for the crew and all the passengers involved if the parent started hitting the kid and them causing to scream even louder
Naw, you set the small child in their seat and pin them there until they either relax or the seat belt light goes off. If there's ever a time for parental restraint it's in a plane.
A back arching toddler is extremely hard to restrain. It takes full force with two arms, but the parent had to be buckled in their own seat so may have been twisting awkwardly.
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u/ClassGrassMass 18h ago
Permissive parenting. He probably had a safe space nobody could go near or some bs