On 7/27/2015 6:54 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:14:47 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> I forget now because it was so long ago. Either I figured it out all
> by myself due to my personal experiences with infants as a parent or
> they told me. I've been in an airplane when the air pressure made it
> feel like there was a knife in my eardrum. An infant will feel that,
> not know why it's happening and crying will ensue. I'm sure you'd
> remember every vivid detail and tell it to rfc every chance you got,
> but it didn't bother me so I don't remember the details.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Funny how the grumps always find something to be grumpy about.
>>
>> 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?
>>
> Is that the only child horror story you can trot out? It's getting
> long in the tooth.
>
>
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