"You know, I've noticed that most ill-behaved children have ill-behaved parents."
All kids are ill-behaved once in awhile, even those with the best of parents. I would venture to say that the vast majority of parents do NOT think it's cute, and are desperately trying to curb the bad behavior without causing a major scene.
Granted, there are some really bad kids and some really bad parents, but there are also some grown-ups who think that the world revolves around them and that they are entitled to every experience, whether it be their dinner at Pizza Hut or their 45 minutes on an airplane, going exactly their way.
I once had a woman turn around and F me on a flight because my baby was crying-meanwhile rows of seats in other parts of the plane sat empty but rather than move she opted to scream at me while I desperately tried to quiet and comfort my child. At least kids have the excuse that they are not yet capable of always controlling their behavior. IMO many adults are every bit as ill-behaved as children, what's their excuse?
"Children are innocent, A teenager's f*cked up in the head, Adults are even more f*cked up And elderlies are like children..."
When a parent is flying with an crying child people need to remember the last thing on earth these parents want is their child crying......I have flown while a child is crying and I just feel sorry for the wee one....their ears probably hurt
Yes. I guess it's just human nature to think that whatever we, ourselves, do is the "right" thing or the "best" thing, but it always astounds me to see the vitriol some people have for other parents. The claims of "my children never (fill in your pet peeve)" abound. The fact is, every child has misbehaved at some time. And every parent has "failed", in someone's eyes, to properly correct them when they did. No matter what you do -- yell or not yell, spank or not spank, etc. -- someone is going to tell you you're going about it all wrong.