On my most recent eastbound TATL flight, two mothers though that the aisle in EC was the perfect place for their toddlers to play. I estimate that the children were 18-24 months old. Both mothers sat on the floor of the aisle, one forward and one aft, creating a "play-space" for the kids in between them.

Most pax (myself included) crossed over at the bulkhead to the opposite aisle to use the restroom on the left side of the aircraft. After about 20 minutes of this an FA finally broke them up and sent them to their respective seats (which were about 8 rows apart).

I was amazed it took the FA's so long to intervene. Anyone else ever encountered this type of behavior?

80s kids are the most well adjusted kids of any generation. The also make the best fliers.

Eew. Just thinking about how clean the airplane floor is... Yuck. I can appreciate not having a screaming wiggly toddler in lap, but this is why parents needs to pack activity bags to keep the ill ones busy and entertained. The airplane floor is the last place I would put a baby to play.

Whatever dude

I'm guessing you're a boomer. In that case, on behalf of the "me" generation, may I simply say,

"Pot, meet kettle."

I read in SKY mag that 89% of Baby Boomers are gate lice.

as soon as i saw the title i figured this would be one of those fun threads. I culd say lots in response to the Me generation comment but I will refrain at least for now.Except to point out that the Me child was raised by a boomer.

This is not a DL specific topic so I am sending this thread over to TravelBuzz.

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Hahaha - this cracks me up!

It's amazing how Americans have become so entitled and clueless over the past few decades. I honestly have a hard time even understanding how any parent could think this was acceptable behavior - not only are they blocking the aisle, but what happens if there's sudden turbulence or something? They tell you to sit in your seat with the seatbelt fastened for a reason, you know.

Mindboggling... what was the mothers' reaction when the FA told them to get up and move? Did they apologize, or did they get huffy and indignant?

The OP never said they were Americans. It was a transatlantic flight.

Those clowns are from the United States. Some people with babies, (not all) think everyone wants to share the joy of their children. Personally, I have little patience for these types of people. The FA handled it well. Give them 20 minutes of ignorance, and then straighten it out.

Probably some "gate lice" as the poster above said!

I honestly believe that many people are just genuinely clueless. They don't think about others, or don't travel much in general, or are so focussed on their children that they don't realise that not everyone thinks that they are the most wonderful things on the airplane.

Read FT for example, and you will find many, many parents who think that it is perfectly acceptable to change even poopy diapers in an airline seat.

Or they think that it is fine to allow their precious to zoom around busy LHR T5 on a trunki, and if someone trips over snowflake, it is of course the passenger who is at fault for not being more careful. (No matter that most of us don't expect a child zooming around on an amimal shaped rolling case at ankle height in a busy terminal...)

I suspect that this thread may be taking a trip to another forum here shortly, depending on how it continues, and there may be input from those very people who think that there is nothing wrong with the above.

Changing your baby in the aisle of F on a 757 near the galley. Most awkward child-related thing I've seen on an airplane.

Like someone said above, OP never said these were Americans. I encountered something similar with a Dutch family last year, who decided that their kid could play in my bulkhead legroom area.