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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Atlantic just had an article on this today: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/12/parents-flying-with-baby-children-crying-airplane-travel/672523/

Consider that the parents with kids without headphones aren't trying to be inconsiderate jerks, they're actually trying their best to keep their kid quite in challenging circumstances. [/quote]

I read the article. I understand that traveling with young kids is difficult but still think that parents should at least bring headphones and try to get kids to wear them. If it doesn't work out, try to keep the volume at a reasonable level, or even better, apologize to the people around you for the noise. As to the author's example of a kid enjoying banging the tray table, if the parent apologized for the disturbance, I would be much more likely to say, "No worries, the child is just having fun. I don't mind at all." However, if my seat is continuously kicked or banged for hours on end with no acknowledgment of the intrusion, I will probably judge the parent for being an inconsiderate jerk. [/quote]

So we should pack headphones we know our child won't wear so we can performatively try to get our child to wear them in front of you?[/quote]

Turn it down, A-hole. [/quote]

They can wear headphones or watch it muted or just not watch the iPad/phone/whatever.

-parent of 2 young kids…it’s hard to keep them occupied on a plane but it’s not acceptable to just subject other passengers to listening to your noise [/quote]

If your kids wear headphones, that's fantastic. Mine does not. [b]You can insist that she would if I were just a better parent, but that's your fantasy, not reality[/b].[/quote]

Pp you’re responding to but I wouldn’t say that about your or anyone bc of an issue like this. I don’t think you’re a bad parent if your kid doesn’t want to wear headphones (you can’t force your kid to wear headphones). But I do think you’re a bad parent if you allow your kid to disturb others on a flight. [/quote]

By the time we put on the screen I suspect most around us are relieved even if they can hear some muffled music behind the white noise. If I had to guess it [b]is not the screen that bother people, it is my child[/b]. [/quote]

I don’t think this is true. Adults with unmuted devices are just as bothersome. [/quote]

You don't understand. Nobody has ever complained to us about the video or accompanying noise. Maybe they all just silently seething or posting on social media about it like OP (you know, the adult thing to do) but my guess is after listening to us play with our 3 yo for hours, sing to her, bring out different toys, etc and she has started getting whiny, they are relieved when she quiets down a bit, even if it comes with a bit of music. Since I can't read minds I can only guess at what people around me prefer.

I'm not embarrassed that my child can't sit quietly for 5 hours. What kind of parent would be? Who expects that out of a toddler?[/quote]

You may be right that people prefer the kids’ iPad noise to the kid being whiny/screaming. But that’s not the only alternative. The other choice is to MAKE YOUR KID WEAR HEADPHONES WHEN ON THEIR DEVICE.[/quote]

If you refuse to understand that some children will not wear headphones you deserve all the aggravation that this is clearly causing you.[/quote]

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