Passenger confronts Mom of infant, 4, and 5-year-olds after 'grueling' flight

What would you do if you boarded a flight, and then discovered that you'd be surrounded by children and their parents?

It's certainly not going to be a perfectly quiet, peaceful flight when kids are involved!

There are plenty of ways to keep kids busy during a flight, but you just can't guarantee they'll behave. Parents can pack them books, toys, snacks, and even an iPad with some headphones. But that still doesn't guarantee with 100% certainty that the little guys will be pacified. They still might spend the entire flight howling, kicking the backs of the seats in front of them, or even just loudly babbling in baby gibberish. It's not like you can look at an 18-month-old and politely request that they stop throwing a tantrum. Parents can try their very best, but at the end of the day, it's up to the children to dictate how the flight will proceed.

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Am I wrong for yelling at a mother of 3 on a flight?

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This flight sounds like a night mare from start to finish!
Getting the back of your seat kicked is a true annoyance — it makes it impossible to do anything besides think about when that next bump is going to slam into your spine.
However, commenters had some major questions, such as: Why did this person wait until after the flight to scold the Mom, and why didn't they get a flight attendant to intervene?
I mean, there's no guarantee that a flight attendant could actually do something… but as some people suggested, they could've moved this person to another seat, were one available.
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While some people suggested good ideas, it's important to remember that this was all taking place on a flight, not out in a park or a grocery store. You must be on your very best behavior when you fly. If you cause a stir, you could easily land yourself on that dreaded no-fly list, keeping you off planes forever. So when this person suggests confronting the toddler, I'm not so sure about that. What if that upset the toddler even more, and then the Mom got even more irate, and then a flight attendant got involved…? I don't know, seems risky.
Imagine going from being kicked in the back 30 times a minute to getting the first-class treatment!

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I hope this person can do that if this ever happens to them again. After all that nonsense for a mid-length flight, they deserves some proper R&R.
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