A plane passenger has sparked outrage after revealing that a fellow mom demanded she take away her daughter’s iPad while they were traveling because her own child was banned from using technology.
The unnamed woman took to Reddit to describe her recent traveling experience that saw her butting heads with another parent.
In a thread titled Am I The A**hole, she said that another mom aboard her flight kept ‘shooting her dirty looks’ after she distracted her daughter with an iPad.
The anonymous Reddit user explained that she and her three-year-old daughter were sitting across from a family who had a son who looked to be about the same age.
When the young boy saw the woman’s daughter playing with an iPad, he burst into tears – prompting the other family to demand the mom put away the tech product.
A mom has sparked outrage after revealing that a fellow parent demanded she take away her daughter’s iPad while they were traveling (stock image)
The woman then took to the discussion forum to question if she was in the wrong for refusing to take her daughter’s distraction away.
The post was titled: ‘Am I The A**hole for not taking my daughter’s iPad from her?’
In the thread, she explained that the other mom became furious when she continued to allow her child to use the tech product.
She wrote: ‘I was on a flight with my three-year-old daughter and there was a family sitting across from us with a kid that looked about the same age. The little boy noticed my daughter’s iPad and was trying to get at it and started crying when the mom told him no.’
The mom recalled attempting to block out the boy’s cries by putting on her headphones.
However, the other woman wasn’t ready to let the situation go and made a shocking request to the fellow mom.
‘My daughter and I both put on headphones and were just blocking it out. The woman got my attention after a while and said that they weren’t allowing their son to use his iPad on their vacation and would it be okay if my daughter put hers away, I said I was sorry but no.
‘The kid cried most of the flight which was about two hours. The parents kept shooting me dirty looks which I just ignored. Am I the a**hole?’
The unnamed woman took to Reddit to describe her recent traveling experience that saw her butting heads with another parent
People on the web flooded the comments section and ran to her defense as they slammed the other family for their outrageous request.
One person said: ‘Not the a**hole. If they don’t want their kid to use a tablet on their vacation, they need to be prepared for meltdowns like this while he develops the ability to understand that other people will have different rules and experiences than he will.
‘I feel for them, I know how hard it is to travel with a cranky toddler, but that’s simply not a reasonable request to make of a stranger.’
Another user added: ‘NTA. The only time I DON’T hate seeing a child wearing headphones and staring at a glowing rectangle is on an airplane. You were prepared, you had a quiet, happy child who didn’t disturb the other passengers. You did everything right.
‘If the other child was unhappy, it was caused by their parent(s), who failed to prepare.
People on the web flooded the comments section and ran to her defense as they slammed the other family for their outrageous request
‘I know it seems crazy, but there was a time before the age of the digital babysitter, when parents handed their child a new coloring book and crayons, and expected them to stay quietly in their seat with the belt fastened and leave everyone alone.
‘You did a good job. Don’t second guess your choice. Their failures are not your responsibility.’
Someone else wrote: ‘If you are ever going to give a kid an iPad, isn’t the best place to do it on an airplane?
‘As a parent, you are responsible for entertaining your own kid on the plane. They failed, not you. Not the a**hole.’
‘Not the a**hole, but that other parent sure is. Just because they’re not allowing their kid to use his iPad for vacation, doesn’t mean you have to take it away from your daughter. The entitlement is strong with this one,’ one user commented.