Entitled Mom Demands A Fellow Airplane Passenger Entertain Her 7-Year-Old Boy, But She Is Having None Of It

Flying is just as big of a test for children as it is for the people around them. After all, it takes time to get used to sitting quietly for hours on end and the ear-popping changes in air pressure. And it’s not like you can blame the parents too. They’re usually doing their best to sedate their kids in one way or the other. Usually. But not always.

Recently, Reddit user u/WitchesCoven99 uploaded a story to r/EntitledParents about the time she met a particularly obnoxious woman on a plane to London. When her 7-year-old son got bored, she couldn’t be bothered to do anything about it. Instead, the mother thought it was OK to outsource the task of calming down her child to a complete stranger.

She saw the Redditor watching a movie on her phone and immediately demanded she uses it for entertaining the boy. And that’s not even the worst part. The woman wouldn’t take no for an answer.

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The possibility of your kid causing some sort of trouble shouldn’t discourage you from taking them on a trip. A survey of almost 1,500 U.S.-based teachers, commissioned by the Student and Youth Travel Association (SYTA), found that 74 percent of educators believe that travel has a very positive impact on students’ personal development.

Furthermore, a majority of teachers (56 percent) think that travel can benefit a student’s education and career as well. Getting more pragmatic, 42 percent of teachers thought that a well-traveled kid looked more attractive to college admissions recruiters.

Teachers agree that children who experience cultures other than their own tend to have increased tolerance and respectfulness, willingness to learn, and a willingness to try new things.

Not only do teachers believe that travel is useful in the classroom, but they think it can also help on the playground. Kids who traveled were more likely to have higher leverls of independence, self-esteem, confidence, adaptability, and sensitivity. They were also more likely to be more outgoing and have better self-expression than kids who stayed at home.

And if your child loathes flying, you don’t have to rely on strangers. There are things you can do to help them.

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