Ivana Trump

Apparently Ivana had enough of being subjected to people's ill-behaved kids while trapped inside a airplane and lost her cool. I get it. I applauded the airline who turned the plane around after take-off to kick off a mother and her two year old. YES!!! If you can't control your children, maybe you should stay home with them.

Now I know that children are unpredictable and even the best behaved children can have a bad day, but come on, we know that's not usually the case. Usually these children are 'parented' (and I use this term loosely) by a mom or dad who seem to think everything their little darling does is cute. Or maybe it's just easier for mom and dad to let them run wild and get into everyone else's hair as long as they themselves are being left alone. If most parents were responsible and disciplined their kids for the kids' sake as well as that of the public at large, and the screaming kid was the exception and not the rule, I think folks would be a bit more patient.

If a smoker got onto an airplane and lit a cigarette and blew smoke in someone's face, they would be arrested. Am I saying parents of ill-behaved kids should be arrested? Maybe. Stress is a killer and NOTHING stresses many people out like someone's obnoxious kid invading their personal space and piercing their eardrums. Unfortunately, I don't see imprisonment in the future of these inconsiderate parents, but I do have an idea.

Bad kid sections. You remember the old smoking sections? Put all of those with ill-behaved kids and their parents in the bad kid section (BKS) and charge these parents for the privilege to cover the cost of the necessary soundproofing. If you're in Walmart and your kid starts screaming, you must leave the store or go straight to the BKS and stay until your child is under control. And remember the BKS is not free and it's just FULL of screaming, spoiled and obnoxious kids. How long do you think it would take for these parents to teach these kids to mind if they had to be cooped up with all the screaming kids in the plane/restaurant/store and it cost them money? I'm willing to bet, not very long. I'm also willing to bet tax payers would save a bundle on the reduced prisoner populations that would be a natural consequence of having a society where children are parented.

Why is it that some of the most obnoxious and stressful situations are excused because the perpetrators are children. These are the most obnoxious creatures in the world!

Now I was as appalled as everyone else when the guy at Walmart actually slapped a small child who was pitching a fit. I wondered why he didn't slap the mama instead. It would have been much more appropriate and the jury might have better understood his outburst.

Ask most people if they would rather be slapped once or have to listen to a screaming kid for an hour. Slap me please!