Children + Benadryl = 🥱😴  Just pray it doesn't have the paradoxical effect and make them hyper.

Of course always check with their pediatrician first.

Edited April 3Apr 3 by tdflightsim

Again, you don’t want to seem to answer this:

Who is guardian for the source of the screaming?

 

2 hours ago, FPVSteve said:

Yes well maybe instead of sharing public transport with these hellish spawn you could also make an adult decision and hire a child-free private jet for the full holiday experience next time. What's

I have, but why should I?  Your child, your responsibility. 

I fly A LOT, airlines ask for my feedback, I provide them with solutions and maybe someday we’ll see a compromise rather than your self ordained view of how others should react to you child’s disturbance.

7 minutes ago, tdflightsim said:

Children + Benadryl = 🥱😴 

There are plenty of other solutions too … it does take parental effort and sometimes not easy to implement.  Plenty of other compromises vs. just “suck it up”.

I like the situation where they duct tape an unruly adult passenger to his seat. Someone else's crying baby doesn't bother me, but if there's someone on board that the sound of crying makes them crazy, a roll of duct tape will work wonders. Especially over the mouth. You can't fix crazy, but you can muffle it.

If someone has the sickness that the sound of other people chewing drives them crazy, then they should probably avoid restaurants. If someone has the sickness that the normal sounds of childhood drives them crazy on a plane, then wear some damned earphones! The same solution for the people who want to listen to loud music.

Hook

Edited April 3Apr 3 by LHookins

26 minutes ago, LHookins said:

Someone else's crying baby doesn't bother me,

even if they are next to you and crying non stop for the rest of  the flight

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2 hours ago, pete_auau said:

even if they are next to you and crying non stop for the rest of  the flight

It may have something to do with the fact that I actually LIKE kids, that I have actually raised a kid, and that I understand that I can't control everything in my environment, but I CAN control my reaction to it.

“A society that doesn’t protect its children is a dying one.”

I have a wonderful idea. Instead of demanding, "Shut your kid up!", ask "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Hook

Edited April 3Apr 3 by LHookins

This is entitlement, plain and simple. 😉 

Never really understood why some people think life (and other life forms) owes them something.

Anyway, there are options, lets hope United Airlines continues the trend.

1 hour ago, SayAgain said:

This is entitlement, plain and simple.

I suspect most of us will agree.
 

1 hour ago, SayAgain said:

Never really understood why some people think life (and other life forms) owes them something.

I dunno, Rob. Those crying babies certainly don't owe ME anything.
 

1 hour ago, SayAgain said:

Anyway, there are options, lets hope United Airlines continues the trend.

I recommend headphones (whatever the airlines will allow, clear it with them first) blasting whatever music you prefer. I'm sure you can figure out a way that works for you.

Wagner! Yeah, that's the ticket! Something choral and loud! 😄 

Hook

17 hours ago, pete_auau said:

even if they are next to you and crying non stop for the rest of  the flight

There but for the grace of God go I.

I've had a two year old stuck in a 2h ground delay pass out about five minutes before she would have completely melted down. I have tremendous sympathy for others who are less lucky than I was.

This forum is turning into the grumpy old men complaining and talking about whatever Youtube nonsense got in their feed today. 😕

On 4/2/2026 at 6:39 AM, FPVSteve said:

See I've always been of the opinion that when kids are playing up it's the duty of other adults in the vicinity to control their own emotions and let the parents get on with what needs to be done - even if it means letting the tantrum play out. There's no such thing as "time and a place" for a kid who's stressed and in a confined environment where they might not be feeling very good - and you can't simply tell the kid to STFU or beat them to get them to be quiet, that's not how it works.

Good luck to any airline that tries to enforce children being quiet ... and therein lies the difference; as an adult you're expected to know what is sociably acceptable or not.

We never, and I mean NEVER had a problem with  our children’s behavior while flying. All over the country, and frequently, too. 

A little puke here and there for the baby…😉

Same same for meals out and outside behavior in general. 

Where I live, there a lot of Asian families. EXTREMELY rare for those children to act out either. 

So, no - it’s the parents responsibility to control their children, and their fault for needing to do so.

But of course, for them, bad kids are SNAFU, so they don’t see anything wrong. It’s borderline narcissism, really. 

14 hours ago, LHookins said:

“A society that doesn’t protect its children is a dying one.”

I’ll see that, and raise you:

”Children should be seen and not heard.”

 

On 4/2/2026 at 11:48 PM, FPVSteve said:

no it made you think beating children for slight behavioral issues is acceptable when it could otherwise be dealt with without resorting to violence. 

My father was a strict disciplinarian. I can remember getting the slipper on my backside for laughing with a friend when he said something that amused us. He saw it differently.

I also had the cane across my fingers in Australia 60+ years ago along with every boy in our mixed class when we gave the music teacher a hard time. The girls got lines.

Having been punished like that I never misbehaved in class again. The caning was painful but I and my parents accepted that was school policy.

It taught me respect for authority that I still have today, 60+ years later.

Without discipline society breaks down as can be seen in the teenage mob that stole from a London store recently.

3 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I also had the cane across my fingers in Australia 60+ years ago along with every boy in our mixed class when we gave the music teacher a hard time. The girls got lines.

Having been punished like that I never misbehaved in class again. The caning was painful but I and my parents accepted that was school policy.

It taught me respect for authority that I still have today, 60+ years later.

I have two questions for you.

1. If beatings are so effective, why not use them on girls?

2. If beatings are so effective, why limit them to people who cannot fight back? Surely their effectiveness would be enhanced in areas with larger impact, like the workplace.

Inquiring minds want to know.

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

I have two questions for you.

1. If beatings are so effective, why not use them on girls?

2. If beatings are so effective, why limit them to people who cannot fight back? Surely their effectiveness would be enhanced in areas with larger impact, like the workplace.

Inquiring minds want to know.

I didn’t defend what happened to me. I just described it. Attitudes to girls were different back then I guess.

I wouldn’t describe my punishment as a “beating”. I wasn’t injured.