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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh. For a short flight like that I’d switch, but on a flight from Newark to Honolulu I was seated next to a sweet 9 year old girl whose family had been put in different places. She and her mother had two middles, the mother behind the daughter. The mom was kicking up a huge fuss, meanwhile the girl was calmly reading her book. Mom offered me $200 to switch places with her, but I wasn’t going to sit in the middle for a 12 hour flight. Finally for $500 she finally got a man next to her to take the middle, but I have to say it was a tempest in a teapot. The kid was fine, the mom could see her from right behind, it was all a ridiculous tantrum over nothing. And to anyone who tries to lay a guilt trip on me, saying I should have switched, I just shake my head. [/quote]

At 9, most kids will be fine or say they are fine but most parents/kids don't want to be separated and having a stranger next to their kid.  People are crazy and bad things happen to kids.  I was on a flight once where the guy in front of us had two preteens who were acting up.  My kid was sitting quietly and every hour or so when his kids started up, they'd blame my kid for kicking the seat and the guy kept turning around to screaming at my child.  The first two times I was very polite about it and said I'm sorry but he's not kicking as he's sitting here with his feet up on his chair with his iPad.  Finally the third time he was getting more abusive and I finally told him enough, it was his kids who were the problem and acting up and as he can see my child is sitting behaving not touching the seat in front of him and reading.  The woman next to me also said something to the man and he finally left us alone.  But, how many people except the nice woman next to me would speak up for a child and help.  9 Year olds still need help with basics.  My child would not ask you if he needed something, including the bathroom and just hold it (you really want a kid next to you who had an accident).  I get not switching for a 12 hour flight but use some common sense and realize that not everyone is a good person and given the climate today, [b]I wouldn't want a stranger next to my child on a 12 hour flight.[/quote][/b]

Very few people want to molest your dumb kid.[/quote]

True, but [b]then they get stuck next to nasty people like you, which is equally as bad.[/quote][/b]

Really? I think your calibrations are off. Try telling the police that I had a bad attitude toward your kid, and see what they do.[/quote]

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