Frustrated flyers were ready to rough up this “gentle” parent.
Tears and temper tantrums plagued a recent, hours-long flight out of Dallas — thanks to an inconsolable toddler whose mother refused to quell his cries, forcing passengers to endure the ear-shattering intrusion.
After being captured on video, the mid-air nuisance ignited a fiery digital debate over the pitfalls of “gentle parenting” — a trendy and controversial child-reading philosophy that promotes concepts like empathy and understanding over discipline and course correction.
And it’s causing ticked-off travelers to crash and burn.
“Hot take: Your toddler should not be the entire flight’s problem for four hours straight,” wrote Tara, a TikTok content creator, in a clip featuring audio of the little one’s wails.
“And the mom just put her headphones on, and sat in silence the whole time,” she captioned the post. “Bring back actual parenting.”
Equally irked commenters agreed.
“Parents don’t want to parent anymore,” spat an aggravated spectator.
“Be a f- -king parent or dont have kids,” another wrote, in part.
“If your kid can’t go on an airplane without crying the ENTIRE flight then they are not ready to go on a plane, it’s not fair to the child or to the other passengers,” noted a separate critic.
“People will misunderstand this as gentle parenting,” added another. “It’s actually neglectful and permissive parenting and everyone suffers, including the child.”
But the inactive mom was just doing what any “gentle” parent would do — nothing.
Earlier, one “gentle” mom of one ignited controversy after revealing she stopped telling her toddler son — a rugrat with a penchant for hitting — to say “sorry” after the assaults because it felt forced and “disingenuous.”
And one anonymous woman confessed to Reddit that she kicked her naughty niece and nephew out of her home — after the terroristic tots inked her walls with graffiti, brutalized her animals and vandalized her house sans consequences.
“I saw gentle parenting in action,” she groaned online, “and was appalled.”
Meanwhile, back in mid-air, turns out some were in support of the laissez-faire approach toward the unruly sprout — even suggesting ways aggravated trippers might deal with the meltdowns.
“You’re entitled to a child free life, not a child free world,” scoffed a supporter of the gentle-parenting mom. “Hope this helps.”
“I fly all the time and have a wonderful recommendation for you — noise canceling headphones,” another advised.
“First class, private plane, noise cancelling headphones, or find another form of travel if it bothers you so bad,” a commenter jabbed.
“This is what it’s like being in public,” echoed another. “You’ll live.”
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