<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bwallet:
I have a right to peacefully enjoy a seat which I have purchased. I do not disturb others. It is just amazing that American parents expect others to make sacrifices for their children. Other societies are not like that. If the child cannot fly quietly without disrupting other passengers, a considerate person would not fly with the child until it could behave appropriately. The cases where a small child HAS to fly are virtually zero.</font>
Are we talking about babies or brats? I am sorry that you can not tolerate a crying baby. Even parents with a crying baby have a right to fly, your wishes notwithstanding Bwallet. Now a brat is another matter. That belogns in the dpmain of proper upbringing and manners and we can not legislate manners and consideration for fellow passengers. I have seen some grown men act look at children with such disdain that I wonder if they had children of their own. Once a man refused to sit next to my wife in FC, who was holding my son in her lap. He moved over to waht he thought was a vacant seat. A few minutes later a lady walked in and discovered that her seat had been commandeered by this man. Being a lady she was, she smiled at him and sat next to my wife. Now listen to this. Guess who spilled their drink during beverage service. Not my son, but the man who refused to sit next to my wife.
Children do spill drinks sometimes. But this was poetic justice. I have had my son spill sprite on me on a transatlantic flight. Ihave been babbling so I had better stop.
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Sunil