Picture this: you’ve saved up for months to take your family on a dream vacation to Mexico. Everything goes smoothly, until the flight home when your baby starts crying. You’re doing your best to calm them down, but then an angry passenger decides to confront you and your spouse about your ‘bad parenting’! ✈️ That’s exactly what happened to one dad, who shared his story online seeking opinions on whether he was in the wrong for yelling back at the passenger.
Vacation of a Lifetime ️

Taking the Kids Along

First Flight: Smooth Sailing ✈️

Return Flight: Trouble in the Skies

Desperate Attempts to Calm Baby

Crying Intensifies

Angry Passenger Approaches

Wife Apologizes, Passenger Yells ️

Insults and Confrontation

Dad Loses It, Yells Back

Flight Attendant Intervenes ✈️ ✈️

Baby Finally Falls Asleep

Wife Calls Dad an AH ♀️

Dad Responds to Suggestions ️

Reasons for Not Letting Jonah Walk ♂️

The Verdict: Was Dad in the Wrong?
So, was this dad really an a-hole for yelling back at the angry passenger? Or was he just trying to defend his family from the harsh criticism? It’s a tough call, especially when you’re dealing with a crying baby and a confrontational stranger on a long flight. ✈️ One thing’s for sure, this vacation turned into a high-flying drama that won’t be forgotten anytime soon! Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
Taking a walk up and down the plane aisle could have helped ♂️

Parents should let their toddlers walk on long flights. ESH.

Passenger berates crying baby on plane, dad’s reaction criticized. ESH

Letting your toddler run around the plane: good or bad idea?

ESH, but noise cancelling headphones are a must for air travel

New parents clash with passengers over crying baby on plane

Passengers express frustration with crying baby and loud music on plane.

ESH situation on a tense flight with a screaming toddler

Parenting on a plane: ESH suggests walking around with toddler.

OP’s refusal to let their toddler walk caused chaos on plane

ESH for escalating the situation. ♂️ De-escalate for support and maturity.

ESH. Dad should have brought earplugs and not yelled. Offer drink.

Debate over bringing young children on vacation sparks heated discussion ♀️ vs

Parent-shaming in the comments?

Commenter calls out bad parenting in plane dispute

Passenger shames dad for bringing crying baby on plane

Passenger complains about crying baby on plane, gets called entitled

ESH. Dad and passenger both at fault for not handling situation.

Passenger calls parent YTA for bringing toddler on long flight

Commenter calls out parent for not controlling crying baby

Parent shamed for bringing crying child on plane
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Passenger calls out parent for baby disturbance on plane

Traveling with a crying baby: YTA or NAH? ♂️

Debate over baby sensory videos on plane causes uproar

Parent shaming? YTA or NAH for bringing toddler on plane?

Debate over crying babies on planes sparks heated discussion

Passenger calls out parent for bringing crying baby on plane

Passenger calls out entitled parent on plane, internet approves

Passenger and dad clash over crying baby on plane. YTA verdict.

Passenger with noise-induced anxiety calls out entitled parent on plane

Commenter thinks someone is the a**hole, no replies.

NTA. Crying babies are annoying, but yelling adults are worse.

Passenger argues crying babies shouldn’t be on long flights. YTA.

Commenter thinks someone is the a**hole on the plane

Parent’s decision to take a two-year-old on a plane criticized

Defending the right to bring a baby on a plane

Passenger and dad both at fault for not letting baby move

Commenter calls out parent for selfishly taking toddler on long flight

Passenger calls out parent for bringing toddler on plane, sparks backlash

Calling a 2-year-old a baby? ESH, but YTA for that

Choosing a long flight for a 2-year-old? YTA

Noisy kids on planes – adult-only flights needed?
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Parenting debate on long flights: ESH for taking toddler.

Passenger sympathizes with stressed dad, but suggests better solution
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