On 7/27/2015 1:40 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:44:06 -0500, MaryL
> > wrote:
>>>
>> My sister's niece has four very young children, and she and her
>> husband take them on a great many airplane trips. She said they get
>> some "dirty looks" from other passengers when they board the plane with
>> four youngsters, but they often get grateful comments when they exit.
>> Each parent sits with two children, and they take great care to keep the
>> children entertained and quiet.
>>
> The only time I've been on an airplane with a crying baby, the baby
> obviously had an ear problem that was the cause. I was seated
> directly across the aisle and barely heard the cries over all the
> airplane noise, so AFAIC anyone who complains about that sort of thing
> must *want* to be wound up about something... however small.
>
How does a baby obviously have an ear problem?

Airplanes aside, it *is* obvious some people are oblivious to their
children. They let them scream or run around and expect everyone else
to put up with it. Why, I don't know.

When I was in my 20's I had a friend who had a 2 year old. She brought
her adorable child to my home one day. The "adorable child" started
pulling books out of my bookcase and tearing pages out of them. Her
mother blithely ignored her. I yelled at the girl. "STOP THAT!" My
friend had the nerve to get angry at me for yelling at her kid. She was
destroying my books. Would you have put up with that?

Jill