I'm not a fan of the tablet as a pacifier approach but it's not my business. What is my business is when the parents do so without providing a way for the child to indulge without annoying everybody else. I consider that to be absolutely unacceptable in that if they can afford a tablet they can afford cheap headphones.
replyYes, only the open-air noise-making kind. Don't care what the rectangle is as long as we can't hear it.
replyWhen young children are on airplanes you cheat in whatever way you can.
replyI have a three year old and would still never subject others to tablet noise. Yes they’re the literal worst to fly with but don’t export your misery to others.
replyPerhaps people can cheat while still giving them headphones or turning devices on silent mode?
replyTell me you don’t have kids without telling me you don’t have kids
replyThat's rather defeatist. Surely you believe there are other options.
replyWe traveled with a single Nexus 7 and one pair of headphones shared by three kids. Having to take turns taught them to be OK with having entertainment, being a spectator, or being bored. And they understood that if we ever heard it, they'd all have to be bored for a while.
I’ve brought a tablet on airplanes to watch movies with kids on long flights, but we bring headphones. Flights are the only time we do this.
replyThere is nothing about a tablet or a flight that requires letting them blast audio at full volume. It’s not even a good experience.
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