Why do children seem to have more rights than I do?

Don't get me wrong--I really enjoy kids, though I do not have any of my own. I noticed that there are a lot of times where I'm a paying adult, and I have to put up with antics of paying children. They seem to be allowed to do things with their paying ticket (and sometimes reduced price or free ticket) that I could never do with mine.



I'm riding in an airplane 5 hours and someone thinks its funny to bring a young child on the plane. They kick the back of my chair. Throw toys in my lap, have temper tantrums, scream. Same thing in restaurants, movie theaters, and other places.



I'm not at all jaded, and it doesn't happen all the time. I just wanted to know why for my paid ticket I am not allowed to kick the back of people's chair, scream so other people can't sleep, Proclaim my enthusiasm about a movie so loud and abnoxiously and inappropriately that other customers can't enjoy it.



I reflect that over 30 years ago when I was a young child I was not getting away with any of this stuff. While I do not believe in hitting a child, my parents did tap me a bit if I wasn't behaving in public. I really never acted out. My parents believed it was disrespectful to take me and my siblings in public until we were mature enough to know the word "No" and behave accordingly.



What do you all think about this...that children's rights to be children supersede my right to a peaceful airline flight or meal or church service or whatever.Why do children seem to have more rights than I do?
Children do not have 'more rights than you do', they have the same rights. You, for instance, have a right to complain if a child is out of control. The people around you might applaud, or they might see you as an ornery old goat who doesn't let kids be kids.

It's pretty easy to avoid kids at movies. Go at night or pick movies not intended for kids.

In general, I don't see too many children acting out, no more than when I was young. If it bothers you , speak out. MOST parents will act to control their kids.

I do object to the answers above that use terms like 'parents these days'. Who the hell are they? I know many parents, most of whom teach their children the right way to behave. It's ignorant to tar all parents as being 'bad parents'. Yeah, those exist, but so do an awful lot of very good parents.
Because we have become a nation of p8ssies letting government take away our rights even down the way we raise our own children.



If I misbehaved my parents would put me straight in my place and I wouldn't misbehave again for a long time.Why do children seem to have more rights than I do?
experiance. you should really know this by now. not every child will be just like you may have been
Probably because they don't rant on Y!AWhy do children seem to have more rights than I do?
I think this question is geared more toward parenting and not whether kids have the RIGHT to be obnoxious. Every time I am on the plane and a kid kicks my seat (not by accident but on purpose) I make sure to turn around and ask the parent to please refrain their child or at least talk to them about respecting other people's space. The kids sometimes don't know better. They don't know that they're doing something wrong. They've never been told that behavior is not okay. Bad parenting. Kids don't have the RIGHT to be obnoxious.
Parents today are the product of a misguided educational system that promotes things like "psychology" to repair problems that do not actually exist.



Instead of being taught traditional biblical values, they are taught they are accidents of millions of years of random mutations and that the self is more important than the overall good of God's plan.



Child disobedience is one part parental indifference, one part ignorance and one part pride "How DARE you tell me how to discipline (or even TO discipline) my child!"



This situation will not improve unless we have a large scale return to solid traditional values instead of the "situational ethics" and moral relativism that prevails in our horribly poor eductation system.