Parents need to watch their kids
Jun 8, 2017, 11:20 am
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Jun 8, 2017, 11:54 am
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Jun 8, 2017, 12:00 pm
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Jun 8, 2017, 12:02 pm
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Good luck getting a GA or a lounge dragon to do anything even if you do complain.
Jun 8, 2017, 12:27 pm
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Let me preface by saying I am NOT a parent, so my POV is not coming from there.
Sitting long times is difficult for little kids. It is harder on a plane, where if they put their feet up, they are kicking the person in front, if they push hard on an entertainment screen, the person in front feels that too. The best way for a kid on a plane is eyes closed and asleep. While I can't condone throwing things I am more than willing to let them run around a get out as much energy as possible. Hopefully the noise will allow silence on the aircraft. It is easy to move away while waiting by the gate, it is harder to move away when you are all together on a metal tube hurling through the sky at 35,000 feet.
Sitting long times is difficult for little kids. It is harder on a plane, where if they put their feet up, they are kicking the person in front, if they push hard on an entertainment screen, the person in front feels that too. The best way for a kid on a plane is eyes closed and asleep. While I can't condone throwing things I am more than willing to let them run around a get out as much energy as possible. Hopefully the noise will allow silence on the aircraft. It is easy to move away while waiting by the gate, it is harder to move away when you are all together on a metal tube hurling through the sky at 35,000 feet.
Jun 8, 2017, 12:43 pm
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Yes I want kids to run around and get all their energy out before I board the plane. But part of the OP's complaint is that the kids are throwing stuff around and IMO that's never okay even in the gate area.
Jun 8, 2017, 12:54 pm
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Let me preface by saying I am NOT a parent, so my POV is not coming from there.
Sitting long times is difficult for little kids. It is harder on a plane, where if they put their feet up, they are kicking the person in front, if they push hard on an entertainment screen, the person in front feels that too. The best way for a kid on a plane is eyes closed and asleep. While I can't condone throwing things I am more than willing to let them run around a get out as much energy as possible. Hopefully the noise will allow silence on the aircraft. It is easy to move away while waiting by the gate, it is harder to move away when you are all together on a metal tube hurling through the sky at 35,000 feet.
Sitting long times is difficult for little kids. It is harder on a plane, where if they put their feet up, they are kicking the person in front, if they push hard on an entertainment screen, the person in front feels that too. The best way for a kid on a plane is eyes closed and asleep. While I can't condone throwing things I am more than willing to let them run around a get out as much energy as possible. Hopefully the noise will allow silence on the aircraft. It is easy to move away while waiting by the gate, it is harder to move away when you are all together on a metal tube hurling through the sky at 35,000 feet.