Originally Posted by SptCA
She warned us that he would not be allowed to run up and down the aisles or play in the galley area, or bother other passengers, or slam the restroom doors, etc. In the course of screaming this lecture at us, she woke him up from a very sound sleep and he cried for 40 minutes. My DH was ready to punch her when she came to complain about his crying.
That's all I can say in polite company.
Not wanting to generalize, so MANY people without kids (especially young, single people) ASSUME that a child is going to be a brat. I've had experience with other assumptions by FAs, DFW-HNL with our (then) 18 month old son:
- Me: "We need a meal for him."
FA: (Very politely) "Can you wait until we've served everybody else and make sure we have enough?"
Me: "But he has a ticket."
FA: 
"Oh, I'm sorry. Here you go."
- As we're trying to get all of our carry ons situated and stowed:
FA: (Agitated) "You have too many carry ons!"
Me: "We have six; 2 for each of us." (That even INCLUDED the diaper bag.)
FA: "Does HE have a ticket?!"
ME: "Yes, he does."
FA: 
Heavy, still agitated sigh...