Sooo am I just the best parent ever or are the others complete duds?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Was on a 3-hour flight. Packed books, toys, cards and travel games to engage our preschooler and elementary schooler. Spent the rest of the time talking, reading quietly together, closing our eyes. Walked down the aisle a few times for bathroom trips, and each time, every single other family - kid on iPad, parent scrolling X or Instagram on their phone.

What gives?

(Ready for flames for being holier-than-thou, but seriously, what gives? Travel time is great for talking and engaging)

If you are walking down the aisle 3 or so times during a 3 hour flight with young kids YOU are the annoying one.

I hate people who walk around. I hate hearing parents talk to their kids the whole flight. They absolutely are the annoying ones. I don’t want to hear you or your kid. Kids staring at you and bumping you also very annoying.

I don’t mind babies.

I was on a flight to California and a mom was bouncing her toddler (probably not 2 yet) in the aisle because the kid was overtired and cried otherwise. So I'll give that mom props for trying.

Elementary kids, though, way too old to need aisle walking.

Yeah - if you have a baby or a lap kid, I get it. But walking a 3rd grader around the plane 3x in 3 hours is weird. I assume that these are the parents who still put their kids in pull-ups.

On one flight, there was a third grader who didn’t have an iPad. For the entire duration of the flight, I listened to this kid plea and ask for an iPad. I’m pretty sure every single person around this kid wanted to smack the mom and give the kid an iPad. The kid was bored and restless, spilled snacks everywhere and knocked over the neighbor’s drink. It would have been much better for the kid to be playing Minecraft.

[Anonymous]

Late to this one and very disappointed that we have drifted away from telling OP that she is the best parent ever.

You know a page or two wasn't nearly enough affirmation.

[Anonymous]

I agree that there are some who excel at parenting and some who don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was on a 3-hour flight. Packed books, toys, cards and travel games to engage our preschooler and elementary schooler. Spent the rest of the time talking, reading quietly together, closing our eyes. Walked down the aisle a few times for bathroom trips, and each time, every single other family - kid on iPad, parent scrolling X or Instagram on their phone.

What gives?

(Ready for flames for being holier-than-thou, but seriously, what gives? Travel time is great for talking and engaging)

You’re a POS full stop

[Anonymous]

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NP-So I’m super judgy about the use of devices for kids in restaurants, and grocery stores (of all the places to need to distract your kids??), but I make a huge exception for travel. That’s A-OK in my book.

I also am judgy about screens at restaurants or at home. I’m amazed at the number of people who need to put a screen in front of a kid to have them sit at the table.

I judge you for judging me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was on a 3-hour flight. Packed books, toys, cards and travel games to engage our preschooler and elementary schooler. Spent the rest of the time talking, reading quietly together, closing our eyes. Walked down the aisle a few times for bathroom trips, and each time, every single other family - kid on iPad, parent scrolling X or Instagram on their phone.

What gives?

(Ready for flames for being holier-than-thou, but seriously, what gives? Travel time is great for talking and engaging)

What gives is you are annoying as F and completely oblivious. You annoyed the entire plane with your stellar parenting. Congrats you’re an ahole!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

NP-So I’m super judgy about the use of devices for kids in restaurants, and grocery stores (of all the places to need to distract your kids??), but I make a huge exception for travel. That’s A-OK in my book.

I also am judgy about screens at restaurants or at home. I’m amazed at the number of people who need to put a screen in front of a kid to have them sit at the table.

I judge you for judging me

Kids were able to eat before phones. Not sure why a kid needs a phone to eat at their own house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Late to this one and very disappointed that we have drifted away from telling OP that she is the best parent ever.

You know a page or two wasn't nearly enough affirmation.

You didn't get an invite to the ceremony?

[Anonymous]

No dear your annoying AF in your baby voice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

NP-So I’m super judgy about the use of devices for kids in restaurants, and grocery stores (of all the places to need to distract your kids??), but I make a huge exception for travel. That’s A-OK in my book.

I also am judgy about screens at restaurants or at home. I’m amazed at the number of people who need to put a screen in front of a kid to have them sit at the table.

I judge you for judging me

And I'm judging all of you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:lol. You are the only one staring around noticing and judging though, right?

I have several kids and I am tired AF when we finally get on that plane after packing all their stuff and dealing with the hours it takes to get to the airport get the stroller car seat feed them security and I want to lay down. I want to sleep. I want to look at my phone. So they get too, too. Travel time is down time for us. It’s so nice. We are all happy. Why do you care? I refuse to feel inferior to you because you are performative parenting like a massive tool. If I saw you doing this I would just lol at your intense need for martyr recognition and go back to scrolling.

+1

The flight itself is a break- with hours of “travel chaos” on both ends of the trip, depending where we are going. I take my breaks and recharge when I can- makes me a better parent and more able to handle the kids patiently on a long travel day. If some parents don’t need breaks, great. Whatever works.

+1

I’m the only adult wrangling my kid, my ADHD husband, and anyone else going with us. And I’ve also done all the planning and scheduling and booking for the vacation.

The flight is the only time I get on vacation without anyone constantly asking me a million questions.

And I’m a crap parent, but I’m good with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

NP-So I’m super judgy about the use of devices for kids in restaurants, and grocery stores (of all the places to need to distract your kids??), but I make a huge exception for travel. That’s A-OK in my book.

I also am judgy about screens at restaurants or at home. I’m amazed at the number of people who need to put a screen in front of a kid to have them sit at the table.

I judge you for judging me

Kids were able to eat before phones. Not sure why a kid needs a phone to eat at their own house.

You're a parent whose kid probably runs around the house leaving sticky fingers everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol. You are the only one staring around noticing and judging though, right?

I have several kids and I am tired AF when we finally get on that plane after packing all their stuff and dealing with the hours it takes to get to the airport get the stroller car seat feed them security and I want to lay down. I want to sleep. I want to look at my phone. So they get too, too. Travel time is down time for us. It’s so nice. We are all happy. Why do you care? I refuse to feel inferior to you because you are performative parenting like a massive tool. If I saw you doing this I would just lol at your intense need for martyr recognition and go back to scrolling.

+1

The flight itself is a break- with hours of “travel chaos” on both ends of the trip, depending where we are going. I take my breaks and recharge when I can- makes me a better parent and more able to handle the kids patiently on a long travel day. If some parents don’t need breaks, great. Whatever works.

+1

I’m the only adult wrangling my kid, my ADHD husband, and anyone else going with us. And I’ve also done all the planning and scheduling and booking for the vacation.

The flight is the only time I get on vacation without anyone constantly asking me a million questions.

And I’m a crap parent, but I’m good with that.

You are not a crap parent. You are doing the best you can - and unlike the OP, not looking down on other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

NP-So I’m super judgy about the use of devices for kids in restaurants, and grocery stores (of all the places to need to distract your kids??), but I make a huge exception for travel. That’s A-OK in my book.

I also am judgy about screens at restaurants or at home. I’m amazed at the number of people who need to put a screen in front of a kid to have them sit at the table.

I judge you for judging me

Kids were able to eat before phones. Not sure why a kid needs a phone to eat at their own house.

You're a parent whose kid probably runs around the house leaving sticky fingers everywhere.

No, I keep an immaculate home. We can eat meals without screens. My kids are older now but we always had no screens at the table.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. While my kids get to watch movies and play games on a plane, they have very good table manners and we eat meals conversing with one another without screens. This seems not out of the ordinary.