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Twats on planes, whining children of planes - Throw the twats loud mouthing it or being disruptive OUT the plane. At 30,000 feet or more.
Children - Perhaps get parents to discipline half the spoilt brats about today. I must say, most children I know, knew, whatever - were not bad. Some I see, are terrible. Tantrums, strops, whatever - and the parents either don't do anything, or just can't cope.
I was lucky, I had good parents. Some parents can't cope with kids, honestly, shouldn't be allowed them, or taught how to discipline children properly. Some parents obviously didn't even want kids.
I just don't think anyone, child, adult, whatever, should have the right ro ruin a flight for loads of people.
Also, this article is most obviously not telling the whole story. The child MUST have done more to get this.
Showing your Stalinist colours eh?
My son plays up a treat at times and due to his autism there isn't a lot you can do about it. He's also only 8 years old and probably not really enjoying your company either :yeees: . If you want to tut and stare then thats fine - but thats another minute of your life that you will never have back again!!
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So say the article. One takes the news as gospel eh? Like ANYONE would just throw a child of for saying "bye bye plane" alot.
Stalinist? If discipline is Stalinist count me in. Better that than the current yob trends.
Never had a tantrum? I know I cried on occasion, and sulked. I never threw myself on the floor kicking and screaming and shouting. I never cried or shouted to get my way. I also rarely slept as a child. So much so my parents called the doctor. In all fairness, my lack of doing much worried my parents. Guess I just couldn't be bothered with it. Much like now.
I just used to scowl and fold my arms and put up with it. It didn't amuse any teachers. Tantrums they could just call in other staff or the parentsand remove the child ;/ My reception class teacher hated me. Then again, I hated her too!
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Ask my mother or her friends. After all, do you see many children doing so? Most I see are not - it's an exception to see a child doing so. Children may cry, be unhappy, and so forth - but how often do you see children having hissy fits in the street? Stroping about, kicking, screaming etc? Not often in my experience. And the parents are usually one of two extremes - some are brutal, and treat the kid like a problem - others give in too much or just don't know what to do. Most children, are well behaved.
One of my friends took the other approach as a child - just sleep all the time.
Obviously you dont encourage it or pander to it, but its totally normal and it doesnt mean someone is a shit parent.
Tbh its only non-parents who think its down to "discipline" or that it wouldnt be a problem with their kids because they would nip it in the bud!!
Theres also the fact that a lot of people have selective memory.
My dad made snidey comments once when i went up with lenny cos he had a paddy one day. He said that I had never done that as a child and that it was "learned behaviour" (ie my fault) My mum reassured me that that was not the case and that i had been a normal child - paddys & all.
funny how accounts differ.
Anyway, I couldn't care less about kids. I've always found trains to be much worse, but I just listen to music instead.
One of my mums friends thought I was a bit "slow". She said so to my mum.
I was a weird child. STill am to this day.
And as has been said - there is more to this story. No way they'd chuck a kid of the plane unless he was doing something to deserve it. I still disagree to taking young children on long haul flights - between the health risks an d the boredom and he pissingoff other people it ujst isn't worth it.
or farting.
Sounds like my Dad.
Baby Benadryl? I hope someone knocks that woman out.
Ha ha, mine could- though thankfully she never has on any plane journeys (touch mother-fuckin' wood.) And, quite, it's not much of ones life to just shut up, take it on the chin, and accept that kids exist and can be a pain in the butt sometimes but it's all part of growing up. The phrase 'children should be seen and not heard' is out of fashion; it's a shame the sentimentality isn't.
If you go to a public place and they are making a noise and disturbing people where they need to be quiet then you do usually have the option of grabbing them and taking them out of the door, but that was not the case here. The airline might have known she was taking a child on the flight although I'm not 100% sure about US internal flights. They should have better provision for infants. Whilst I do not think there should be adult-only flights, they could put the children around the same area of the plane (with their parents).
This, by the way, is what my son looked like at 19 months:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/earlpurple/puppy_says2.jpg
Which is what a few people have being trying to say all along...