Should Children Be Banned From Red-Eye Flights?

And if a twelve year old can not be expected to know that then I fear for our future. I might agreee though on child parent only sections of the plane.

Yup, they are certainly old enought to know how to behave.

However, I see them much older than that with no manners and not taught any lessons in respect on any level

This although unfortunate is what we must live with in a free society.

GOOD GOD YOU ARE SO RIGHT. I recently took a 13 hours flight from Beijing to O'Hare and there was a 2-3 year old sitting right next to me. He cried and cried and screamed for 4 hours, going as far as throwing himself around the section and hitting me with his hands. I almost took matters into my own hands and strangled the little brat.
That being said, it wasn't really the kid's fault! It's the inconsiderate dumbass parent who wanted to save time and take a nonstop flight rather than take some layovers for the kid to run around. When I was a kid my father never put me on a flight more than 3 hours long as he knew I would not be able to stand sitting down for longer than that. As I got older we graduated to 8 hour flights, but not til I was 10 years old.
PARENTS: stop subjecting the rest of the world to your obnoxious children.

Bring ear plugs.

Maybe you didn't read the part about the child throwing himself around and making physical contact with my body. I did have an iPod and I did have headphones as well as ear plugs, unfortunately these were small comforts against the piercing shrieks of a child.
The thing that did work: I pulled out my cross stitch and started sewing. The mother finally controlled her child for fear they he would poke his own eye out. Thank god for crafting!

I would of yelled at the child

Unfortunately the child and I did not share a common language. On top of that, like I said, it's not really the kid's fault at that age. It's the parent who needs to be blamed for making the poor decision of taking their kid in coach on a 13 hour flight when they probably knew they couldn't control them.

Maybe the child was having a bad day and they should teach their children to be good.

I have tried earplugs and they do not really work either. I find that the tolerance level for urchins is extraordinary these days, but I simply want to murder all of them.

This society has down graded parenting to a very low level to the point where most children have no manners and have no social skills or respect for others either.

I sat beside a 13 year old boy for a 3 hour flight and he incessantly kicked me for over half of the flight until I commented to him loudly enough for his father to hear. He father was indignant and told me the boy was just a child. I responded that it was time that a kid his age learned some manners and that if his parents did not teach him some I would on that flight.

I would just deal with it

I live in Germnay and go to the U.S.A for my summer vacation I have little brothers so not a big deal for me.

That's YOU, not everyone is like you. Have some respect for others.

Thats funny and you probably believe in adult only flights.Nice contradiction.

I've had 12 hour flights. Kids remained belted in their seats the entire time.

I once had an eight-year-old boy kicking the back of my chair incessantly. I was fifteen, at the time.

I was trying to draw, and asking him to stop, or telling his parents, was futile. So I went to a new page, drew a hasty picture of a kid being thrown off a plane, and then handed it back to him.

He stopped kicking after that.

No, the kid's parents need to be parents.

Agreed! I try not to put blame on the child - a 2-3 year old may not know how irritating they are being becuase they are simply bored and want to have fun. But the PARENT should know when their children are out of control! It's absolutely ridiculous to ruin others' flights just because you can't discipline your own children.

Last time I flew, any kids aboard never once got out of their seats. I imagine they were belted in the entire time. I know I never get out of my seat. I usually sit towards the back, so there's really no rush for me to get up even once the plane stops taxiing at the destination.

The other fools get up--even though there's no way they're getting out any quicker....with the bottleneck up front.

I LOVE THAT PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You sound like you need to charter.

So teenagers would not be allowed to be on the flight.

This is the most stupidest poll ever get over it their not just teenagers and adults in this world their are children and babies and toddlers don't like it get over it. Everyone I bet thought the same about you to when you were young and bring ear plugs here a thought or a Ipod something.

I want to sleep dam it.

Sleeping while you fly really isn't the best idea. You could be mugged.

not when you have nothing of value on you.

So your wallet is packed, you don't carry any portable electronics on the flight?

no I don't, I keep my cards in my bra.

I don't wear one. But I usually have a CD player or mp3 player on the flight with me, and cash in my pocket. As well as identification, boarding pass etc.

I like the quiet zone idea.

You chose to ride...deal with it.

"No kids" zones are fine, but business travelers who need shut-eye for AM meetings aren't the only people in the world who need to get places by morning or just need the prices? C'mon, that's ridiculous. Parents should put effort into keeping their child controlled, yes, but some children actually do sleep on flights-- especially if they're already tired because it's nighttime.

If the airlines had brains they would have flights for children and pets, and flights for business people. It is called marketing but the airlines have a herd mentality right along with the crappy TSA like they are dealing with cattle rather than people so they charge a lot for little and get away with it. Now that I am retired I say screw them and rarely take a plane unless I really have to. My protest is with my wallet, but those working cannot do that.

Have separate flights. Why should other people "suffer" because you kid is insane.