To think this is peak entitlement?

[lalafafa]

Dear parents that are worried to take your kids on a flight: (As someone who just took 4 toddlers on a flight from Vietnam to Boston, here’s our advice)

Don’t worry about anyone else except for the well-being of your children and yourself.

Don’t worry if your kid doesn’t want to sit still.
Don’t worry if your kid cries.
Don’t worry if your kids makes noises when they are excited.
Don’t worry if your kid runs up and down the aisles.
Don’t worry if your kid happens to
kick the seat in front of you.
Don’t worry if your kid leaves a few crumbs on the ground.
Don’t worry if your kid turns the reading light on and off…
Don’t
Worry
What
Others
May
Think
Of
You
As
A
Parent.
Worry about your kids well-being;
Worry whether your kid is happy;
Worry whether their diaper is clean;
Worry about the logistics of wherever you’re going;
Worry about things that are IN your control!

No doubt — every passenger deserves a comfortable in-flight experience and you should do everything in your power to help this.
BUT
Kids are not robots and we can’t control their every move — no matter how much we prepare.
They are kids.
They will be kids.
They will act like kids.
Be respectful but don’t waste your time worrying what others think. This silly idea that we must apologize for traveling with children is slowly becoming the norm and it’s ridiculous.

Again, this doesn’t mean letting your kids be maniacs. It doesn’t mean being disrespectful and making a mess and not cleaning it up. Or, letting your kids scream the entire flight and not trying to make them happy (though sometimes this is unavoidable). It means to do your best and shake the rest off.

And to those that are flying without children: Tolerance and a
positive attitude will go a long way.

By the way — our kids were not well behaved on the 13 hour leg. They did not sleep. They cried often. They made crumbs. It was hell for us because we were exhausted. We probably took over 10,000 steps up and down the aisles. But, now it’s over and in the past and we already forgot about the other passengers on the flight :)

I hate those parents

There should be child free flights. I would happily pay bit extra after few experiences. There should also be flights marked family friendly.

Are you the parent, or an unfortunate fellow passenger?

If the former, glad self-absorption is working for you.

If the latter, commiserations.

So stuff everyone else then op?
People who have paid to be on that flight too
And really don’t want to hear your kids shouting and fussing
They’re not as important right?

Or maybe entertain your kids properly so they don’t annoy everybody else

I hate being stuck anywhere with kids who are just annoying with parents who can’t be bothered keeping them quiet

And yes I have children myself

I'm with Dozer.

Dozer Its from an instagrammer, she seems proud of being antisocial.

What exactly do you mean, op?

Wow, just wow

what I mean is this woman thinks its perfectly ok to behave like this.

Eh?

A lot of the behaviour you list I wouldn’t tolerate from my child and would not expect to tolerate it from someone else’s. Your child’s well being isn’t affected by telling them not to push the button or kick the seat i front

Very selfish.

I travel with young children often and we do our absolute utmost to make sure we cause as little bother as possible for other passengers.

Well that was confusing Who was it?

Yeah don’t give a fuck about anyone else basically.

Were you the couple sat behind us a few years ago on my night flight back from Egypt?

Husband left poor wife with two toddlers and a baby screaming his head off while he slept across the aisle?

We landed at 1am and had a two hour drive after absolutely no sleep 👍🏻

Vietnam to Boston? Direc? Is that even possible?

Don’t worry if your kid happens to kick the seat in front of you.

If your kid repeatedly kicks the back of my seat on a long haul flight then you should start to worry.

God , I hate parents like that

This is her www.instagram.com/twinsonthegox2/

What?!

What exactly is the AIBU?

This isn't OP's view, it's something she has copy and pasted from a parenting Instagram account.

I hate twee crap like this. I might agree with some of the sentiments, as sometimes people have to go places with a young child and sometimes they are unpredictable and that's just life. But I resent ridiculous poems like this and stuff like not worrying if your kid is running up and down the aisles (because I'm sure she'd be first to scream and shout if someone spilled a hot drink on her darling toddler) or kicking seats (because that's just rude). And you know exactly what kind of kids those toddlers will grow into with that kind of laissez-faire parenting that says 'Hey, they're kids, they can do what they're like as they're just expressing themselves.'

I like to think of myself as a fairly gentle and laid back parent, but not when my child's actions impact negatively on someone else and there's a way I can intervene.

Your OP is confusing. You should have made the source clear.

Wouldn't have let my kids do most of that stuff. Kick the seat in front? Turn reading light on and off? No. Used to ensure my kids were well occupied and behaved. Of course, crying of really young kids/babies is a given, as is some noise. If parents have kids with special needs, I understand, but no, letting your kid do what S/he wants because it makes life easier for you, never mind irritating the heck out of everyone else....YABU

I think this issue is in danger of swinging too far, on both sides. What has happened to parents ensuring appropriate behaviour on the plane, and to a little tolerance of others from the other passengers. The idea of child free flights sets a dangerous social precedent in my opinion. Should we have flights free of other irritants like people who fart repeatedly, snore loudly, or are so fat that they ooze into their neighbour's seat? Who gets to decide which people should be barred from flights on the basis that others may be annoyed by their presence?