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From: Banty on 14 Jul 2007 09:50 In article <c4jh93t2b4puo7gl30efpq9cjf4hhvrq3p(a)4ax.com>, Agent_C says... > >On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:09:39 GMT, Scott <me(a)angrykeyboarder.comatose> >wrote: > >>But you can't discipline a baby like you can an older child. They're not >>capable of comprehending in the same manner. How do you propose she >>have disciplined the baby? Spanked it? That would only make the >>situation worse when the baby went from yammering to screaming and crying. > >A three year old is not a baby. He's capable of learning that when >mommy says 'shush now, sit back and be quiet; play with your toy', >that it means to be quiet. And if she's done her job as a parent, >he'll comply. > And you're old enough to know a little arithmetic. Nineteen months is not three years old. That would be 36 months. Even the FA in question called him a baby. And they don't have a "shut up switch" either. For that, one has to be... um... hmmm, how old? (thinking of all the adults I wish had a shut up switch...). I've looked at the news reports available. With other pax speaking up, it doesn't look good for the FA in question as to her reasonableness. Of course, unless we're flies on the wall of the airline meeting rooms during the investigation, we won't know the whole story. Perhaps not even then. On the other hand, when has that ever stopped us for other cases? ;-) Cheers, Banty
From: Agent_C on 14 Jul 2007 12:29 On 14 Jul 2007 06:50:51 -0700, Banty <Banty_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >And you're old enough to know a little arithmetic. > >Nineteen months is not three years old. That would be 36 months. I stand corrected, I meant to say 2 years old. A_C
From: Banty on 14 Jul 2007 13:07 In article <vduh9311aa77u3opavtd1eghs6di4moc9t(a)4ax.com>, Agent_C says... > >On 14 Jul 2007 06:50:51 -0700, Banty <Banty_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > >>And you're old enough to know a little arithmetic. >> >>Nineteen months is not three years old. That would be 36 months. > >I stand corrected, I meant to say 2 years old. > >A_C Are you kidding? There's a lot of development between 19 months and 24 months (that's why people give ages in *months* early on), and two years old is most certainly not the age where a child can turn off the babble at someone else's will. Banty
From: DaveM on 14 Jul 2007 13:16 On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:29:37 -0400, Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam(a)nyc.rr.com> wrote: >On 14 Jul 2007 06:50:51 -0700, Banty <Banty_member(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > >>And you're old enough to know a little arithmetic. >> >>Nineteen months is not three years old. That would be 36 months. > >I stand corrected, I meant to say 2 years old. That would be 24 months. That's not nineteen months either. And if you think that babies/children of that age can be reliably controlled you either haven't had children (likely) or possess the kind of parenting skills that get the child protection agencies crawling all over you if/when they come to light. DaveM
From: Gregory Morrow on 14 Jul 2007 14:06
<chris(a)buggerthe.net> wrote: There is something wrong with > society when people treat children as if they are some kind of aliens - they > are people! In fact, they're important because they are the next generation. Good, then let the little buggers pay for their OWN tickets... > We don't live in Victorian Britain anymore A true pity we discarded the Victorian "children should be seen and not heard" ethos... -- Best Greg "I am smarter than you think I am" - Maryanne "Loafhead" Kehoe to me in alt.gossip.celebrities |