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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your 10 yr old can't sit without you for a couple of hours??? This shouldn't be an issue. [/quote] I’m not the OP but it’s not about not sitting with me. It’s about sitting next to complete strangers in a somewhat confined space. Where else would you force an young child to sit a few inches from a stranger with no parent present? It’s asinine. [/quote]

School buses.  Kids all over the country do it every single day.
-not the pp you quoted.[/quote] guess I should have been more specific… strange adults. With no background checks. [/quote]

Exactly what do you think will happen?  They will also be surrounded by other adults.   If you were sitting on a plane and saw a small child being harmed by a stranger, would you just mind your own business?  Or would you speak up/intervene?   [/quote]

Who is going to see or hear something on a loud plane where people are squished together? See it at all, or see it with enough confidence that they'd make a stink on the plane when they dont even know the adult isnt the kid's parent? Plus once it's happening the harm has already started, even if the kid yells and stands up.

ES kids shouldn't be seated away from parents, and I'm actually surprised airlines even allow the potential for in-flight drama over it. I think flying an unaccompanied minor is kinda nuts too but at least there the airline takes charge of the kid. That's not what's happening in open seating.[/quote]

When I was 10, I was in 5th grade which was middle school, not elementary school. [/quote]

So you're not familiar with the school systems in the DMV?  Kids go to middle school in 6th grade.  
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