Most here just assume that everybody who gets annoyed about this is an ignorant a*****e. That's a serious lack of life experience. There are people with headaches, personal problems, PMT, stress or any other things etc out there. They are not a******s. It seems that a lot of folks nowadays nastily assume that if someone doesn't behave as they want them to, then they can swear at them and call them names. I'm not too impressed by that egocentrical righteousness. Life isn't black and white, there is an awful lot of grey in between.

just because someone doesn't want to listen to a kid scream or cry doesn't mean her or she is an a*****e. we all have the right to NOT CARE, because this is not our kid (and please, do not compare that to first aid or some s**t). we CAN help, we SHOULD be considerate, but that goes both ways.

all these people who feign their right not to care. it is your right. but does it really make the world a better place? I can see it if the person didn't care. but never ever touch someone else's child ever for something so light. Sure I can see stopping it but full on grabbing. No. I have had a severe head ache and there was a crying baby on the bus. I didn't find it "MY RIGHT" to bad mouth the mom for doing a s**t job or my right not to care. I know how hard it is for a child to not comply and especially to be less so when you want them to listen.

Cherilyn I NEVER said is OK to grab a kid or that you should badmouth anyone, so...

Is true, or should be true. Often not how these posts come across to me tho. Maybe I've just seen too much like that and I got jaded x)

Little Menace, it's not the intolerance that causes the problem: it's the SCENE. People make a scene when disturbed by an annoyance, thus just making the annoyance larger. So please think before you comment :)

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Like I said, it's not that I don't think she's right. I'm the mom with the kid, and people who give me foul looks when my kid is crying can suck my hypothetical balls. It was more the way she was sharing it and the attention demanding tone of it. Again though might just be jaded from all the other attention whoring stories on the web and maybe she really just meant to change the world in a better way. Who knows. Honestly I didn't think so many people would upvote me spewing my annoyance :p

Yeh maybe. Like I said above to Jo I might just be jaded about it because there's so much of this s**t around. I feel like she's way too judgmental about everyone else on the plane for this to be a 'positive inspiring story'.

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Get over yourself, Mary.

So, basically what's being said is Mothers with children who may or may not act up, shouldnt fly with their children? What about the adults we often hear about who act up on planes, shouldn't they know better than to act up? I know of many adults who have such difficulty flying they have to take a tranquilizer first, I doubt they offer them to children. Many people wouldn't choose to fly with their children, but sometimes things happen in life that turn choice into a "have to", such as an illness or accident in the family, or even worse, a death. We never know what a stranger may be going thru. So I say BLESS this woman & any like her who helped a struggling Mom. I offer a huge 'Shame on you' to all those who acted ugly!! Ohhhh, and to the woman who grabbed the leg of the child behind her...Thank your God profusely that the leg you grabbed didn't belong to one of my children or grandchildren, I'd need bail money & you'd need EMS!

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And why does everyone assume I'm a dude? :')

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She's not being kind, this is not to her to take care of someone's else children. She's just seeking attention. WHat she is telling on the internet is hateful. Because people don't want to take care of someone's else child they are bad ? The mom (and dad) has to take her responsabilities. SHe decided to take the plan. She had to plan to handdle her children.

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'Kind'. We read a different story. That's kinda my point. But reading comprehension is notoriously underdeveloped amongst native English speakers.

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And I really needed to know that you're butt hurt about my opinion. If we're gonna talk about a 'need to know' basis, 90% of the internet is useless, so go take your useless hypocritical self somewhere else.

Some only comment to criticize! I Wish they had a life. But I'm with you, I don't think she was looking for fame or pats on the back either. I feel she was attempting to point out that kindness should win out over hatefulness or ambivalence every time it can. So, good for her for helping alleviate an already stressful situation, too bad there aren't more people who finding stepping up to be right thing to do.

*Downvotes. What is wrong with my keyboard?

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Excuse you. I suggest you look up the word humble and study it really hard. Being judgmental of others is a far cry from being humble. Just wondering why you read the article?

Yet....you knew everything about the woman who helped the mom on the plane & felt super free to judge her? What's that old saying....Judge not, that ye be not judged? Which I take to mean, "If you insist on judging, then be real prepared to get the exact same I return" ....but if you must judge, then I'd suggest acquiring a much thicker skin if one can't handle the fallout. Brightest Blessings🌞

Yep you know everything about me by an internet post, you're just that amazing of a person. You must have a great life.

I'm not sure you understand that you can't tell someone to get a life and to not be judgmental in the same post without being about a hypocrit.

*being a hypocrit. Damn phone.

I don't know why that posted as a reply to you, sorry.

so, just because she was a kid means she HAS TO like kids screaming and crying? how is that relevant?

VNem, why do you have downvotes? You're a friggin' GENIUS. And VNem deserves a medal for being one of the very few remaining people in this comment section with actual human knowledge!

If you'd actually read my post you'd see that I agree with her that we should help. But go on, show us how dumb you are, makes it easier to know not to take you seriously.

Nah mate I'm good.

How to tell if someone is an idiot: completely miss someone's point, insult them for it, and then make your own completely unrelated point. Well done! Have a medal.

You, madam, are SMART. That may seem like a normal compliment, but one in a millon actually remains smart in this comment section! Kudos, Melody!

You're a remainder of what used to be reasonable people. They all became idiots except for you and a few others. Keep it up, Eric!

I'm gonna go not so way out on a limb here and say you're a dumbass - hence all the dumb assumptions :')

Well I'd say you're probably a Trump fan since you're so self absorbed that you think I need to have an opinion about your dumb American political mess :p get over yourself, there's more countries than the US.

Why? Cause it's not your damn kid, that's why.

grabbing a kids leg is physical assault. The same as grabbing an adult limb is physical assault!

What the heck is so hard to grasp here?? We even have those who have differed so much on views agreeing. So myself, as a Mom, Grandmom, Godmother & retired Law Enforcement...let me explain. You never, ever, ever put your hand (or any other body part) on a child that isn't yours and especially not on a strangers child! It is a physical assault punishable by law. Kicking the back of a plane seat however is not an assault to anything but your feelings, which is not an assault.

An adult laying their hands on anyone without permission is legally battery. It is a sue-able offense although in this situation the mother wouldn't be awarded much money so it would be nearly impossible to find a lawyer willing to represent her but she could try to represent herself. Just saying it is legally considered battery to grab a toddlers leg and this person could have been escorted off the plane by the police if the mother had wanted to push it.

Leni, I can at last agree with you. All I can say is A M E N.

The stranger that is :p

Grabbing the leg is not assault - it's simply keeping the child from continuing to kick and getting the childs attention. The kicking is the assault.

Parents with unruly Kids doing nothing about it is the worst. I mean how can those parents stay silent looking at their kids being an a*s. Bcs the parents don't have manners of course, they don't educate their child before flight, and they can tolerate it bcs its their little monster. They don't have manners to educate or at least saying sorry most of the times and letting their kids being a monster. What is the usual excuse "they are kids" so they can scream and jumping and kicking as they like with the parents doing nothing with that kind of excuse. Iguess its the parents that thinks their child is a monkey that cannot understand what they said at all.

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Why though? Grabbing a kids leg won't hurt it.

( replying to Robyn, it's hard to tell )

I say this too much here, but A M E N. This is as real as organic fruit!

My response was not to Leni, not sure why it showed up here.

Carol Norwell you speak the TRUTH!! They're called the Terrible Two's & Even Worse Three's for a very good reason. Obviously this isn't so bad of a problem that they have made separate flights for those with or without children. Going by some of the comments here, some need to be glad they don't require a test of mental health be passed prior to boarding, or maybe tests of humanity or empathy.