Originally Posted by
lszczepa
Hi all,
My question revolves around children in back of you. I was going from SFO to JFK and couldn’t get upgraded. I had a little child, between 8 – 10 years old, kicking my seat the entire time. Finally, I got up and kneeled down by him and said “Lil dude, can you not kick my seat cause it hurts my back, ok?”. I then got the death stare from his dad and had him questioning me. When I explained he was like, “I will see what can I do”. (It didn't solve anything.)
The question is, how do you handle this situation? Do I just call a FA over or go up to the children’s parents? I never experience this in business but I seem to always have the child kicking my seat or the crying baby next to me when in economy plus.
And, Yes, I am not a parent so I don’t know how to handle children.
Best,
-l
Yes, agree you did the right thing. However, a child of 10 (or even 8) is perfectly capable of understanding that kicking the backs of seats causes great discomfort - but how important this is to the child will depend upon how it has been brought up to regard the feelings of others. If the child won't desist and the parent is not going to intervene then, yes, call the FA. It really is the most excruciating thing to have to put up with.