Reply #26: You're selfish and heartless toward the other passengers

[silverojo]

You can't let your kids use an airplane as a jungle gym and expect not to face consequences. You'll notice the mother got her brood under control for the second flight. In other words, she finally straightened up and acted like a parent for a change.

There's nothing selfish and heartless about expecting someone to be a competent parent. Paying to go on a plane is like joining a forum to post: It's privately owned, so there's no public right to be on either. You must abide by the terms of the private owners, or you're kicked out. If you can't abide by those terms, then you shouldn't try to get on the forum (or plane) in the first place.

The whole point is, she was just being selfish and lazy by not keeping her kids under control. She even admits they were unruly. Her kids were obviously mentally capable of behaving themselves, or else there would have been an incident on the second flight. What's really revolting is that she's using the kids' disabilities as an excuse for her own behavior.

Making disabled kids a scapegoat for your own lousy decisions is truly despicable.