Toddler has iPad deprivation tantrum, gets kicked off plane

[dineshb316]

A 3-year-old on an Alaska Airlines flight is playing quietly with an iPad before takeoff. However, when he receives the instruction to turn the machine off, the toddler hits the roof and refuses to sit properly with his seatbelt on.

It seems that it isn't just whiny, self-centered adults who can't be deprived of their precious gadgets on a plane for even 10 minutes.

For a 3-year-old on an Alaska Airlines flight plane threw such severe conniptions after his iPadwas taken away before takeoff that he (and his family) were removed from the plane.
I am grateful to Boing Boing for offering me the New York Daily News' telling of the tale.
It seems that the unnamed 3-year-old is the son of Washington State resident Mike Yanchak. The family was reportedly flying to St. Martin Island from Seattle. The boy was playing quietly with an iPad before takeoff. But once the iPad had been taken away, a particular kind of hell was let loose.
Well, Yanchak told KIRO-FM radio: "He was crying, being cranky. I started putting him in his seat. I put his seatbelt on. But he was being cranky, trying to be close to me, so he wasn't fully fastened yet."
Oh, which of us ever goes through life fully fastened? Still, we know that airlines can be a little picky about their fasteners. So, even though the plane was already heading for the runway, the captain decided to turn back and have the little boy deplaned.
This despite Yanchak's claim that his wife had come back from first class -- where she was sitting with her mother and 1-year-old -- and calmed the gadget-deprived boy down.
Alaska Airlines said this was a judgment call on the captain's part. The boy wouldn't sit upright and wouldn't keep his seatbelt on.
The airline told the Daily News: "We regret the inconvenience to the Yanchuk family, however, our flight crew made the necessary decision to direct them to take another flight after the parents were unable to ensure their son complied with FAA regulations to sit properly in his seat with his seat belt fastened. The fact that the child repeatedly laid across the seat with the seat belt at his throat was particularly concerning to our crew."
Yanchak, though, seems terribly upset.
"Kids crying, people snoring, large, smelly people, we deal with it, it's normal," he told KIRO-FM.
This is true. Sometimes we do deal with it. But we rather loathe it, all the same. And though Yanchak protested that his son doesn't want to fly again, one can surely understand why the pilot reacted the way he did.
Some might say it would have all been different had the child been allowed to keep playing with his iPad. However, the fact that being deprived of it seems to have caused such vast upset is consistent with current academic thought on children and their gadgets.
There is increasingly educated chatter about the effect that iPads and other screens are having on both young and old generations, and even the relationship between the two.
The Daily Mail recently reported that some academics are concerned that parents are simply abdicating their responsibilities to gadgets. This, they say, is "passive parenting" and risks the children's mental and physical health.
It has reached the point where the Canberra Times reported this week that some academics are concerned that the iPad 3 is so vivid that children are finding the real world dull by comparison.
It quoted Larry Rosen, a professor of psychology at California State University as saying: "'How can you expect the world to compete with something like an iPad 3 with a high-definition screen, clear video, and lots of interactivity: how can anything compete with that?''
Well, indeed. Might as well knock down the Taj Mahal now.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57445 ... off-plane/

[1UZFE]

he wah some licks

[Sky]

It has reached the point where the Canberra Times reported this week that some academics are concerned that the iPad 3 is so vivid that children are finding the real world dull by comparison.

[jhonnieblue]

steups, 2 good slap u see how fast that child would shut up, parents dont know how to discipline their children, see this all the time

[eliteauto]

clearly not Trini parents

[BrotherHood]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

[Ronaldo95163]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

[BrotherHood]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

[Trini Hookah]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Need not worry, left hands can't reproduce.

[sharkman121]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

[Ronaldo95163]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

Easiest thing to would be leaving the child in the airport. The family doesn't have to pay for his stupid actions

Rampy....I wasn't speaking to you....your username is Brotherhood too??? Always quick to comment on everything I say eh?

[Bizzare]

ollour, dis is not redjet yunno.
2 slap and get arrested!!

[rfari]

De man wife, mother-in-law and other chile travelling 1st class and he in economy? He issa bobolee orr?

[BrotherHood]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

Easiest thing to would be leaving the child in the airport. The family doesn't have to pay for his stupid actions

Leave the child in the airport and then what? He is stranded and nothing you can do about it because you are onboard a plane going to wherever. At three years old, he cannot do much for himself. Seems like you not getting the point in my previous post. The child is your responsibility.

What a father you would make

[kurpal_v2]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

Easiest thing to would be leaving the child in the airport. The family doesn't have to pay for his stupid actions

Whoa bro, some deep rooted "daddy didn't hug me" issues reside in your closet huh?

[BrotherHood]

^^ Yuh know...

[Ronaldo95163]

The father is upset because they got removed from the flight. It good!

Deal with your child and such would not have taken place.

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

Easiest thing to would be leaving the child in the airport. The family doesn't have to pay for his stupid actions

Leave the child in the airport and then what? He is stranded and nothing you can do about it because you are onboard a plane going to wherever. At three years old, he cannot do much for himself. Seems like you not getting the point in my previous post. The child is your responsibility.

What a father you would make

What's your point?

Oh and take it easy with that one kurpal

[Trini Hookah]

Y'all don't realise he only comes on 2nr for attention in every thread?


Try singing the national anthem for a better response.

[Ronaldo95163]

Y'all don't realise he only comes on 2nr for attention in every thread?


Try singing the national anthem for a better response.

Attention in every thread? I was stating my views like everyone else. How come everything I say is always a problem for you? I can't remember having any formal interactions with you on tuner...I don't talk to you at all

And sorry I don't sing the anthem but thanks for the advice anyways

[Damien]

my 2yr old daughter does throw real tantrum for her ipad too no one could use it and all she does is watch elmo and sesame street videos on it

[kurpal_v2]

What's your point?

Oh and take it easy with that one kurpal

Touched a nerve huh bro?


317-1376, ask for ms.maharaj, she's my psychologist, please do share your feelings and ignore the attraction to jump from the rafters.

Stay strong bro, it's cool if daddy didn't hug you and mommy resented you becacuse the accuracy of your birth paper was the subject of their late night fights. Just blame it on the white oak.

Keep faith bro

[zcarz]

he was a good boy.. he never do anybody anything

[sharkman121]

it's cool if daddy didn't hug you and mommy resented you becacuse the accuracy of your birth paper was the subject of their late night fights.

defuq, jusso

[eliteauto]

Stay strong bro, it's cool if daddy didn't hug you and mommy resented you becacuse the accuracy of your birth paper was the subject of their late night fights. Just blame it on the white oak.

Keep faith bro

[Ronaldo95163]

men dunno good parenting skills oui

tsk tsk

[Trini Hookah]

Said the non-parent.

[EXODUS]

NOW keep pressing 9 when watching it on youtube

[BrotherHood]

I would have been upset too. I did nothing wrong....my son did...put him off the plane not me :/

Your child, especially a three year old, is your responsibility.

Easiest thing to would be leaving the child in the airport. The family doesn't have to pay for his stupid actions

Leave the child in the airport and then what? He is stranded and nothing you can do about it because you are onboard a plane going to wherever. At three years old, he cannot do much for himself. Seems like you not getting the point in my previous post. The child is your responsibility.

What a father you would make

What's your point?

Ok so you are fine with letting YOUR THREE YEARD OLD son get kicked off the flight and left to fend for himself while you and your wife stay on the flight and go to your destination. What will happen/become of your three year old son that you left all alone? Makes any sense to you? He is only three, not of legal age and is your responsibility.

If you still cannot see my point then better you go in the Queens's Park Savannah and watch the grass grow.

[gt4tified]

Spare the rod....

[007_1]

parents give him long rope