My dad and his wife put me and my siblings on a flight without them. I was 13, they were 11, 7 and 6. My dad was in the navy and the navy was OK with putting 4 children unaccompanied on a commercial flight. So, we're flying from LA to Chicago and about half way there, people start getting mad that my 6 year old brother is kicking seats, running up and down the isle with my 7 year old sister joining him while laughing and yelling. The flight crew is pretty irritated too so one of them says loudly that's their oldest sister over there (pointing to my seat). The last half of the flight, I had adults keep asking me why I couldn't keep my siblings under control. Fun trip. Parents need to supervise their kids plus nowadays, it's getting kinda scary to fly with fights breaking out among passengers not to mention the creeps that would be delighted to sit next to unaccompanied little children.

I dunno, I kinda like being with my kids and holidays are family time so I'd want to be with them even more so for the whole experience. Yeah it's nice to get a break once in a while but I wouldn't ever plan a family event with the express purpose of being apart. I mean, why have a family if you want to act like you don't? I'm fully accepting that I could be the odd one out here, but I'd feel awful sending the message that I deserve better treatment than my children or that I don't want to be with them - it'd sit in my separate seat away from them wishing they were with me so I guess it defeats the purpose, I'd be popping back every few mins to see them even if they were being looked after by someone else. I like their company, I have fun with them. Each to their own but definitely not something I would do because I wouldn't want to.

I don't have a problem with that. It's like buying expensive shoes for a 4yo. Why waist money when they will be just as happy (if not happier) with a Peppa Pig pair of trainers for £20

I don't have a problem with the action but with the justification. If a parent hires a nanny so they can enjoy their flight more, and the kids don't go to first class because it would be wasted on them, that's fine. But the "'I'm rich but my kids aren't' attitude seems Scrooge-like, and places the idea in the kids' mind that this family isn't an us and a we, but an adversarial relationship. If my parents said things like that, I would probably feel like I couldn't rely on them to be in my corner. Adults are already so much more powerful than kids without them having to rub it in.

I'm sorry, but what's the point of "earning" nice things if not to share with your loved ones? The children flying first class might be unnecessary, but the whole mindset behind it is awful. I mean, what is the end his money is the means to if not being able to provide a good life to his family. Or if it's not that, why does he even need a family? Having money for the sake of having it.

Shoot we couldn't even afford to go on a vacation anywhere we had to fly. I didn't go on my first flight until I was an adult, those kids are already spoiled.

I'd feel like a trash human being making the nanny sit back there.

I'd prefer to be with my kids, but so long as they had the nanny there I really don't see the problem. I think I'd probably have flown all five people first class though. Kids don't get spoiled by nice things, they get spoiled by never being told no and not being taught how to be humble.

These kids are going on a vacation. Inorder for the plane to have 3 class levels, it's gotta be a really nice plane, not spirit airlines. Probably a plane that most of you couldn't even afford a coach ticket on. What a cruel father to take his children on vacation. Most of you can't afford to fly your kids anywhere outside your tri-state area, get real. You guys are mad that he can afford a nanny to travel along on vacation to ensure he and his wife get a healthy amount of adult time in, because you know that is critical in any marriage, rich or poor. They seem like great parents, kids look hella happy, untramatized, living a well rounded life seeing the world ect..... and yal mad because they had to sit with the nanny, a few yards away while mon and dad enjoyed a higher level of luxury alone that they earned and deserved. Someone call child services asap!!! What horrible parents!

I don't see a problem here. Shoot I've flown with friends and family and have upgraded my seats before. You're on the same plane, it's not like you cannot walk 10 meters if a situation arises and tend to it

You mean like the parents did in Home Alone? So what? This guy thinks he’s doing something that no one else has ever done before and felt the need to make a long TikTok about it? 🙄