
Imagine if she scribbled on your computer or your bag or your shirt to stay quiet. If the tradeoff is a screaming child versus respecting the property of others, perhaps many would rather the child scribble away and stay silent. Maybe the Qatar crew did not say anything to you because they were simply shocked? However, Qatar Airways didn’t even bat an eye when I used these! I do find that international flights are much more kid friendly and tolerant. I was proactive to tell the flight attendant they wipe off. This footage is on our Delta domestic leg. She includes video footage of her daughter marking all over the wall, tray table, and seat of both a Qatar Airways and Delta Air Lines flights, explaining: And we all know a sleeping toddler on a long flight is a MAJOR WIN.” I prefer to let my toddler use these when I want him to go to sleep, because the iPad stimulates him and I find it’s harder to get him to sleep.

“These are a great tool to pull out when the iPad has run its course.

Bad Parenting 101: Letting A Kid Draw All Over An Airplane To Keep Her QuietĪ mother posts “real life advice” on Instagram, explaining that letting toddlers use markers freely to mark over anything and everything is a great way to calm down a child on a longhaul flights. There is no justification, even if the marker theoretically wipes off.

Even in an act of desperation on a longhaul flight, it is not okay to let a restless (and bratty) kid draw all over an airplane seat, window, wall, and tray table. As the father of two, I have a great deal of experience with markers on walls, floors, clothes, and just about everything else.
