In article , Chris
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and airplanes. nothing sucks more than a screaming baby nearby, or
worse, in the next seat.

And how do you suggest we ban 'crying babies'?

easy. have baby flights and no baby flights.

pax with babies take the former, pax who want peace and quiet take the
latter and pax who don't care can take either one.

at a minimum, put pax with babies in the back of the plane, so if one
does scream, those in the front, who are paying a premium fare to be in
the front, aren't bothered as much.

Do you think they intentionally do it to annoy others?

it doesn't matter why. the reality is that it *does* annoy others.

on a plane, there's nowhere for the parent to go with the baby nor is
there anywhere for the other passengers to go to get away from it.

Children are a fundamental part of our society and yes small
children sometimes cry. Ostracising them doesn't help
anyone.

they can cry all they want, just not in closed spaces where it annoys
others.

there are places where babies are not allowed at all. guess why that
is.

that includes some restaurants, movie theaters, stage performances,
churches and synagogues, museums, schools and more.

some movie theaters even have a soundproof cry room to accommodate
parents who bring a baby to a movie. why a parent would do that i don't
know, but there are really bad parents in this world and movie theaters
to accommodate them.

A more tolerant attitude to children and their parents (yes,
they're not keen on the noise either) would make everyone a bit
less uptight filtering down to make the kids happier and in
return, you.

more tolerant???

i once was on a flight with a kid behind me who kept on banging the
tray table, the one that was attached to my seat. he thought it was
fun. i didn't.

i asked the mother several times to do something and she did nothing.
she didn't give a **** and the kid knew that, so he did whatever he
wanted. that right there is bad parenting. i asked the flight attendant
to help and that wasn't any more effective. six hours of hell.

i'm supposed to tolerate that?? are you ****ing kidding me?

there are places where people expect to have peace and quiet. that's
what makes them happy.