I find it so annoying when there are kids like that in movie theaters and on planes. Teach your kids to shut it.

I don't think it has anything to do with teaching a kid to shut up. I have a three year old and a five month old. Do you suggest I beat them into submission or gag them? These really are my only options. I am not a lazy do nothing parent. I am a stay at home mom and college student waiting entry to the nursing program. I give my children healthy attention yet my three year old has a mind of his own. He is very smart and I would love for the temper tantrums to stop, however, life is hectic and will be so for at least two to three more years. When I finally have a back yard for my children to play in and I am finally an RN, they will have grown up before my eyes. It is not the children that are bad, it is our choices as the parents. Honestly why would you take a two year old to a movie. His hearing is at its best, his vision, everything is top notch. Yet some choose to take them to dark, loud, germ infected theatres and wonder why they have so many problems. There is an age for everything. At one point I will see the movie theatre again but for now I have not been to a movie theatre in awhile; nor have I read a good book. The cost of parenting. It may be steep but I wouldn't give up my children for anything.

Eroge - would my yelling at my kid to shut up really help matters or would it just add to the 'noise pollution'?

Please tell me why in the world airlines do not have kids sections. Having traveled recently with my 2 small children, I just do not understand this. It has nothing to do with the parenting, and everything to do with the conditions you put these kids in for hours at a time. It doesn't matter how great your kids are, flying is a challenge. When we fly we plan and prepare for the flight. My children pick out dvd's, snacks, and toys ahead of time and are ready to go, however there are always circumstances that arise. For instance, on our last flight my daughter's drink slid off the tray table landing in her lap soaking her and splashing her sleeping brother who then woke up crying for his dad who was seated 2 rows in front of us by the window with large adults blocking him in and since I am very pregnant and had a broken toe, it was difficult to take care of the situation despite how great my kids are. No doubt to the annoyance of many surronding adults, I passed my crying son over several seats to his dad and stripped my daughter down while she was crying and wrapped her in a airplane blanket and got everything calm and back to normal within 30 minutes, but boy there were adults aboard that could have killed me with their looks. Another instance consisted of a rather large lady who everytime she moved in her seat felt as though my daughter was kicking the back of her chair. I had my daughters feet up on her seat far away from the ladies chair and she still kept yelling at us until my daughter started to cry. I also had another mother come to the back of the airplane where I was, she was asking for some snacks to calm her child that had been crying for an hour, I gladly gave her some snacks to help calm her kid. Again, I asK WHY DO AIRPLANES NOT HAVE KID SECTIONS??? In my mind this would solve so many problems, including adult passengers whining and complaining about children on the plane. You can not ban kids from flying, what you can do is make their flight and all the other passengers on board flights more pleasant, then just sticking them in random seats in a confined space and assuming if they cry they have bad parents. Believe me, I have been on flights with crying babies and hated it and wished they had a seperate area to take them to. Lets use common sense hear!!! In rare cases, I do think it is appropriate for them to be kicked off the plane, but certaainly not for yelling GO Plane Go!

The baby was on board with a paying parent; the family should have been allowed to stay on the flight. Unless, the airline company advertises "No Crying Babies On Board." Now if that is the case, yes; the child and the parent should have gotten off the plane. Although, my hunch is that there is no such rule. I hope the family sues the airline company. And, all the stone throwers on the plane, what did they do to help the mother? Just what I thought, nothing.

Shame on everyone, especially all those who have children and have forgotten how it was when their children were young.

I would bet that this was not the first time her child pitched a fit in public. I would not consider public transportation if my child was prone to outburst. Although, she should have been warned that if the child could not relax enough in order to not disturb the other passengers, she would have to depart the plane.

A part of me knows I'd be slightly annoyed as I've experienced this in the past but you know what kids are kids. Two year olds yell and cry that's age appropriate. As long as the caretaker is attempting to calm the child (even if unsuccessful) that's cool with me. An issue with me is when kids scream and yell and parents don't even attempt to tell them you need to quiet down a little. Like I said it really is no reason at all for them to be told they couldn't be on the plane. I think its so wrong for people to sedate their kids. People need to be more accepting of kids today at one point we were all kids ourself. The kid obviously wasn't a security risk................

How many adults have sat on planes thinking "Go, plane, go"? This child was just voicing what we all feel. He would have settled down after take off. Southwest was wrong, wrong, wrong!

i dont feel that she should have been off the plane she has the the right just like everyone else whate if it was the piolet child should that child be off the plane no he would keep his child on you bet you so not far to that family