Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Hospitals can't charge parents with anything in the US or in the EU. Just like people do on the internet, hospital personnel and others can make allegations to try to whip up a frenzy; but it neither makes for legal charges nor does it make for a legal conclusion of "child abuse"regardless of the wishful thinking and various others claims tossed about by people.
More U2 children get hurt on the way to/from/during diaper changes/bathroom use and during boarding/disembarking for flights than while the children's caregivers are seated on the plane along with the U2 children. In the interest of "think of the children" and the "war on 'child abuse'" when it comes to U2 passengers, why not suggest that such children are banned from bathroom use and that diaper changes only be conducted on the floor in the aisles or on the passenger seats? That would result in a bigger decline in injury rates for U2 children than any ban on lap children.
I know some senior FAs who have never seen a lap child get hurt on their flights while in their caretakers' lap. It doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Ir.
GU: wrong Hospitals can initiate an investigation of child abuse which stays on the parent's record even if it is found negative. But with an injured child, it is becoming more common for the investigator to say "yes". Your reply of kids getting hurt going to the bathroom is off. The MOST common injury on airplanes is hot coffee on lap children with burns requiring grafting. The second most is flying kids It is impossible to hold a kid (laws of physic) if the plane drops because of an air pocket. I doubt your comment of Senior FA who have not seen a lap child injured. It is why the "association of flight attendants have pushed for no lap kids (overwhelmingly)