Parents who let their kids use screens in public without headphones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doing this and refusing to use the headphones was the start of an incident we witnessed that ended with a family of 4 being kick off a flight a few weeks ago.

Good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My special needs child wouldn’t wear them as a youngster. He is more important than you. Get over yourself.

My SN child wouldn't wear them either when he was little. He either used the tablet with no sound or not at all. You need to get over yourself and your SN child by virtue of SN does not get entitled to special privileges and if you set him up to think he does, you are going to have a host of issues later on.

You are not entitled to silence in the world. It is not a crime to not use headphones. Just your personal preference.

[Anonymous]

To the people asking why no headphones - some kids under 3 refuse to wear them. I don't think that excuses it though - you usually don't *need* to be showing your kid a screen in public.

That said, there is one circumstance in which I need to do this: when my kid is getting his hair cut. He is 2, so not at the stage yet where he will willingly sit still with no entertainment, and obviously he can't wear headphones while getting his hair cut! But we also don't go to a fancy salon or anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My special needs child wouldn’t wear them as a youngster. He is more important than you. Get over yourself.

My SN child wouldn't wear them either when he was little. He either used the tablet with no sound or not at all. You need to get over yourself and your SN child by virtue of SN does not get entitled to special privileges and if you set him up to think he does, you are going to have a host of issues later on.

You are not entitled to silence in the world. It is not a crime to not use headphones. Just your personal preference.

It isn't a crime, thus no-one calls the police. It is really rude, thus, people will dislike you, talk about you, and make posts on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I rarely give my toddler the phone. But if she's melting down and crying, it's a last resort. Sorry to the doctor who had to listen to baby shark yesterday. I had an ear infection. But it took an hour long than I'd planned.

Toddler headphones are huge. Is everyone carrying these around constantly? Obviously if I'm going on a plane I have them.

Toddler headphones are not 'huge'. They will fit in your purse, or that giant-ass diaper bag you carry around. Personally I wouldn't buy folding headphones for a toddler, but you can, if you want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Took our 19 month old to Europe and happily let her watch some short videos on the iPad without headphones on the plane. The white noise of the plane helped to drown it out and I am CERTAIN our row mates would rather hear a little Winnie the Pooh than hear a whiny child.

Um, no. I had to listen to a toddler watching Elmo on an hour flight to Boston and I wanted to poke out my own eardrums. I could hear it even with my own headphones on. What is the point of not having her wear headphones? To prove some point to yourself that somehow watching a video without headphones is better than with headphones? Or that it doesn't really count or something? You're totally selfish and I'm sure your row mates hated you but didn't want to start something with a potentially crazy person on a plane.

+1000. Easy to deal with - push the flight attendant call button.

[Anonymous]

It's hard to get headphones on them... that said, we still insist on it. I don't mind hearing cartoons on airplanes that much. Sure, I prefer not hearing them, but I'm not going to get particularly stressed out about it. I sure like it better than loud adults talking behind me about some inane subject, which happens on almost every flight, in every restaurant, grocery line, etc. and is somehow socially acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do this and I don’t care. It’s not that big of a deal.

Yeah sorry, you’re annoying everyone around you, and everyone around you is hoping for a big fireball to put you and your stupid phone out of existence.

[Anonymous]

These are the kinds of parents I judge twice: once because they can't manage their children in public without a screen, and two because they're inconsiderate d*cks who make everyone else listen to whatever their kid is listening to. Rude, rude, rude. Please know that everyone hates you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My special needs child wouldn’t wear them as a youngster. He is more important than you. Get over yourself.

He’s actually not more important than anyone else. Sorry to break it to you but get used to it now.

[Anonymous]

If someone’s child was watching something without using headphones, and the parents refused to turn the sound off after a polite request, I would simply begin watching hardcore pornography on my tablet, angling the screen so the child could see. I would, however, use headphones. Because I’m thoughtful like that.

[Anonymous]

My kids don’t use screens, but this has honestly never bothered me. So Sesame Street is on in the background, big deal. At most airports and doctors offices, there is music playing or a television on tuned to cnn or some such anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If someone’s child was watching something without using headphones, and the parents refused to turn the sound off after a polite request, I would simply begin watching hardcore pornography on my tablet, angling the screen so the child could see. I would, however, use headphones. Because I’m thoughtful like that.

So, I am pretty sure that you will get the police called

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Took our 19 month old to Europe and happily let her watch some short videos on the iPad without headphones on the plane. The white noise of the plane helped to drown it out and I am CERTAIN our row mates would rather hear a little Winnie the Pooh than hear a whiny child.

I am CERTAIN they would prefer to hear neither! Use some damn headphones! Its unbelievable to me how people justify this kind of obnoxious, thoughtless behavior.

Exactly!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids don’t use screens, but this has honestly never bothered me. So Sesame Street is on in the background, big deal. At most airports and doctors offices, there is music playing or a television on tuned to cnn or some such anyway.

There is a difference in the sound quality that somehow sounds from phones and iPads rise above normal tv sounds. It has a certain tinnyness to it that is so annoying.