A comedian’s appeal to airline passengers who get mad when babies cry on flights has struck a chord with users on TikTok.
Jennifer Fulwiler, a comedian and mother-of-six, posted a video on TikTok last week, ahead of the busy US summer travel season, and wrote in the caption: “Important tip for #familytravel.”
She said: “If you are flying with young children this summer and they become noisy, please take a minute to say to the other passengers around you, ‘I am so sorry – that this is not something you are used to.”
She pointed out that crying babies haven’t always been viewed so negatively.
“You know, in a lot of cultures, the sound of fussing babies is seen as a sign of abundance and God’s blessing. Instead, our dumb postmodern culture sees babies as a burden,” Ms Fulwiler said.
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“We expect women not to bring their babies into public spaces like restaurants, churches or planes, or to get them to behave perfectly when they do.
“This philosophy is not only sad and the sign of a dying culture, but it places insanely unreasonable expectations on mums.”
She went on to say it would be better if people welcomed and supported babies in public spaces.
“A truly thriving culture would welcome those babies and all the inconveniences that come with them and see their upbringing as something the entire community should joyfully support,” she said.
“So if my babies start melting down on this flight please know that I am way more stressed than you are and maybe just give me a kind smile that says: ‘Hey girl, you’re doing a great job. Your babies are welcome on this flight and we are all in this together.’”
Comedian on TikTok pleads with passengers to have patience with babies on flights. Picture: @jenniferfulwilerSource:TikTok TikTok
Since she posted it last week, Ms Fulwiler’s clip has been viewed more than 89,000 times. Though there were a handful of commenters who disagreed with her clip, many mums chimed in to support what she said.
“It’s weird how people can’t conceptualise they too were once crying babies and that babies are human beings,” one person wrote.
Someone else said: “I cried on a flight with my two-year-old when the lady next to me pulled out her iPad and let him watch downloaded kids shows when he was upset.”
One commenter said: “If you’re on a plane with me and your baby starts crying, I’m offering to help you.”
A few other commenters noted that, at first, they thought Ms Fulwiler was going to talk about how mothers should apologise for their kids.
“For a second I thought I was on the wrong side of TikTok,” a commenter said.
Another person wrote: “I was really about to go off for the first few seconds there.”
This article originally appeared on Fox News and was reproduced with permission
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