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[Pressure Point] Babies are crying in the on flights. Should we blame for their parants? 

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240109000625

[Pressure points] Babies crying on flights. Should we blame parents?

Air travels has become a common affair for many -- not just for grown-ups, but also for tiny tots. 

*tot : (비격식) 어린아이

Yet, as more families travel more with young children, the number of those who feels irritated by the presence of the little ones on the flights seems to be risen in the recent years. 

In August 2022, a 46-year-old man on an Air Busan flight, eraged by a crying baby, hurled insults and threats at a baby's the child's parents. When the flight landed, he was arrested on a charges of violating aviation security laws. 

*hurled : throw (an object) with great force 
*aviation : 항공 

Crying babies on flights become are the subject of global debates. 

Turkish-owned Corendon Airlines has recently started testing an adult-only zone of its flight, becoming the first European airline to do so and sparkling sparking a heated online debates. In Asia, two budgeted airlines have been operating child-free zones for a few years now. 

*sparking / spark : 불똥, 촉발시키다, 불똥을 일으키다

Should parents bring babies on flights? If a baby cries or behaves badly on the flight, are the parents to blame?

 

 

The sound of a baby crying or screaming is unpleasant, of course, but an airplane is not a theater, said Park, a father of 10-year-old boy. "Like subways, airplanes are a form of public transfortation. If there happens to be a crying baby on board, so be it. That's just part of living in a community." he stressed. 

"People often find babies cute only when they are smiling or sleeping. But when they cry, scream, or whine, they view them as inapprorate inappropriate for public spaces and critizise criticize parents for taking them out," he added. 

"Crying is a baby's job. The point is, are you putting effort to confort into conforting them?" wrote a user of Blind, an app for annonomose anonymous employees to discuss all manners of topics, in response of to a post by a concerned mother of a baby seeking advice for a planned flight with the infant. 

Choi, a mother to a 14-month-old, said preparing measures to distract a child on overseas advantures has become common sense amoung young parents. Choi recently put her plans to take her baby to Vietnam for vacation in the summer of 2024 on hold. 

*on hold : (계획이나 행동을) 일시적으로 중단하거나 보류하다

"I don't have any traveling plans for travelling at the moment. But if I were go on a trip, I would prepare sticker books, snacks and pacifiers," she said. 

"Pacifiers, in particular, are known to help alleviate babies' earaches, which often occur during takeoff and landing," Choi added. 

* alleviate /əˈlēvēˌāt/ 완화하다 

Korean Air, South Korea's largest airline, takes a supportive approach to parents traveling with their babies. On international flights, babies under 24 months pay 10 percent of an adult fare and, upon request, provide can receive a powdered milk. "If passengers want to bring their baby, they can simply make a reservation: there are no restrictions, said a Korean Air official.

Babies shouldn't be on long-haul flights unless it's neccesary, due to the potential inconvenience they may cause to other passengers, critics say. "Bringing a baby to a shared, confined space, while fully aware of the potential for inconvenience, is a self-indulgent act," a Blind user wrote in response to a concerned mom's post. The prevailing criticism on the app targeted parents for their perceived selfishness and unrealistic expectations in exposing their young children to a broader world, with some posing the argument that kids don't remember any such travel expericense when they grow up. "Why must you bring babies on overseas trips? They cry and can't even express their needs with words. Isn't it just for your satisfaction?" a user wrote. "If there is a child-free seat, I am willing to pay extra." 

haul /  hɔːl / (주로 단수) 거리 여정 
self-indulgent 제멋대로인, 자기에게 관대한, 자기만족적
prevailing 우세한, 지배적인 = current, predominant
perceived 인지된 자각된

Cho, a mother of two herself, advocates for waiting until babies reach an age of at least 24 months before taking them on airplanes.