I just got back from a small tropical destination really only known for vacationing, and on the flights there/back, I was just amazed at how many parents were allowing their little kids to watch movies or play games on ipads (etc) without headphones. I mean, they were watching TV or movies with the volume turned all the way up, for everyone near them to hear. Frankly, 3 hours of Blue's Clues or the bloop-bloop-ba'ding-baloop! noises from a video game are enough to challenge my sanity.
One one flight, I politely asked a mom if they might be able to put in some headphones, and nearly had my head taken off. Subsequently, LOML tells me that I "made a scene" and was "wrong" to ask such a thing.
I get that kids make noise - I'm not complaining about crying or talking or whatever, but don't they make kid-sized headphones? Watching a movie at full volume through my laptop speakers seems like nearly the rudest thing you could do on an airplane - I'd expect the flight crew would tell me to turn it off. Is the standard different for kids and I'm just out of touch?