Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
I was 13 when I set foot in an aircraft for the first time - my parents wouldn't dream of letting me fly until I was old enough to behave. There are very few flights indeed when I don't wish that other parents had the same standards as mine - this would eliminate both babies and tweens.
I couldn't agree more...don't bring your kid on a plane if they can't behave! My youngest was 6 the first flight and didn't make a peep.
I have to disagree about parents not being responsible for a wailing baby. 90% of the time the baby is screaming because the parents were completely ill-prepared to travel with a baby. See it ALL the time. Baby is overdressed/underdressed, baby not changed, baby has no toys, baby is hungry/unfed/there is no food, baby is uncomfortable, parents are miserable and baby is feeding off the mood ETC. I once sat on a jetBlue flight next to Ms. Clueless, her two-year-old on her lap. She was so busy talking to her friend across the aisle, never bothering to attend to her wriggly, whiny child, that she didn't even notice that there was a TV in front of her. I changed the channel on her TV to cartoons when she wasn't looking, and the kid sat quiet the rest of the flight...she didn't even have headphones. Really, people? It's not that hard!