The ‘entitled’ mom has a crazy request for another woman’s baby on the flight

“I was on a flight with my three-year-old daughter and there was a family sitting across from us with a child who looked about the same age,” one mother begins her post on a parenting advice forum.

“The little boy noticed my daughter’s iPad and was trying to grab it and started crying when mom told him no,” she continued.

“She said they weren’t letting their son use his iPad”

She said she and her daughter had headphones on and were just trying to block it out.

“After a while, the woman got my attention and said they weren’t letting their son use his iPad during their vacation and asked if it would be okay if my daughter left hers,” the mother recalled. .

“I said I’m sorry, but I’m not.”

As a result, the child cried “for most of the flight”, which lasted about two hours.

Meanwhile, the parents kept shooting OP dirty looks, which she simply ignored.

“The right is strong with this”

After asking the group whether or not she was wrong, she was immediately assured that she was not.

Some comments included:

• “NTA. If they don’t want their child to use a tablet during their vacation, they should be prepared for meltdowns like this as he develops the ability to understand that other people will have different rules and experiences than he does. I feel for them, I know how hard it is to travel with a strange child, but that’s just not a reasonable request to make of a stranger.”
• “The only time I DON’T hate seeing a kid wearing headphones and looking at a glowing rectangle is on an airplane. You were prepared, you had a calm, happy child who did not disturb the other passengers. You did everything right. If the other child was unhappy, it was caused by their parents, who failed to prepare.”
• “If you’re ever going to give a kid an iPad, isn’t the best place to do it on an airplane? As a parent, you are responsible for your child’s entertainment on the plane. They failed, not you.”

• “NTA, but that other parent sure is. Just because they aren’t letting their kid use their iPad on vacation doesn’t mean you have to take it away from your daughter. The right is strong with this.”
• “What a ridiculous request and a crazy parenting decision. Almost every plane I’m on someone is looking at a device, whether it’s a phone, iPad or seat screen. Did the mother expect everyone in sight of the child to remove their devices? I’m 33 years old and I don’t expect myself to be on a plane without being distracted, why on earth would I give that expectation to a little kid?”