Stop shouting at babies on planes – nobody has the right to a ‘child-free’ existence

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ‘What’s wrong with me – why can’t I stop my baby crying?’ Now I’m triggered with anxiety every time I take a step inside an airport, despite the fact my kids – Lola, six, and Liberty, four – aren’t babies anymore. That’s why, when I saw the Tiktok video this week of an angry passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight to Florida shouting and swearing at flight attendants because a baby had been crying for 40 minutes on the plane, my heart went out to the baby’s parents. “You’re yelling,” the flight attendant warns him, to which the furious passenger answers: “So is the baby!” I don’t know who or where the baby’s parents are right now – hopefully, their baby is asleep – but presumably, they are reeling from the incident and feel as powerless over the baby crying mid-air, as I always did. !” It sparked Chrissy Teigen – who has recently had a baby with John Legend – to reshare Bass’s post, as she noted how his remarks could stir up a debate online.