Babies/small kids on a plane

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Also we all have things that make us anxious and sometimes it feels good to come here and share it with other Aspies who may relate, not to be insulted.

I mean, I've seen various threads here complaining about the summer and the hot weather, but I wouldn't just reply "oh, get over yourself. The sun is a big firey ball that's been there for billions of years, and it can make summers hot in most places in the world. There is nothing you can do and unless you move to Greenland, you can't stop the hot weather, it's just part of life, so don't complain".

See how annoying that is to read if summer really makes you anxious?

Well I mean are parents with small children to be barred from boarding planes? I mean there are plenty of things I wish but my wishes can't impede other peoples rights...I mean realistically by plane is one of the more effective ways to travel. Though maybe planes could create some kind of quiet area, where small children would not be allowed, that one could request when purchasing a ticket.

I will say it irritates me when people bring infants to restaurants...I mean come on they don't have anything for the baby to eat, they don't have any baby appropriate toys its just an extremely stimulating confusing environment for a baby full of strangers they've never seen so of course its only a matter of time before they start crying and shrieking...especially if its busy. Like why would you subject your baby to that?

What I don't get is bringing infants to zoos or museums. They physically can't see anything that is further away than 60 centimeters (ish). Why on earth would you point to a money (that is many many meters away) and go "that's a monkey"?

I took my child to a rock concert while they were still in the womb , I wonder if they experienced anything positive at all or found it distressing ?

If you have children, then you also must accept the responsibilities and sacrifices that go along with that. I don't find it socially acceptable to bring children to public places where they will likely inconvenience others. But that isn't their fault, it's the parent's fault. They made a choice to inconvenience others for their own convenience. It was their choice to have kids, not the other people in the public place. I shouldn't have to put up with the consequences of the choice that someone else made because they can't handle the sacrifices they are required to make.

How do you people feel about giving little kids small doses of tranquilizers for long plane flights?

I'm not advocating for that myself; I really don't know much about this particular issue.

If I'm wrong on this, I'm wrong---and I'll learn from it.

I remember a few years ago I went to a restaurant which had an upstairs. It wasn't very busy downstairs, but we decided to go upstairs. It was lovely upstairs, it had calming music, and big windows where you can look out of down on to the street. They even had a burning candle on the tables. But as we had just started our tasty meal, a mother and father came up, with 3 excitable kids all aged under 3. We all had to blow our candles out for the safety of these stupid kids, and the waiters had to haul highchairs up the stairs for the youngest two to sit in. One of the babies screamed for about 10 minutes because it didn't want to go in a highchair, and the oldest one was running around shouting and screeching. They really spoilt our meal. It was no longer quiet and relaxing up there. When we finished and went back down, there was nobody sitting downstairs at all, and there was even a corner called "kidz corner" where children can play or read whilst waiting for their meal, which I think is a good idea. Upstairs looked more a place for adults to have a quiet meal. But no, this couple had to bring their brats up there, didn't they?