I'm not a fan of children, I don't think other people's children are all that cute... and behavior a parent often finds cute, I find irritating... (I've had my chair kicked once too many times - I've said many many times that they make dogs fly in cargo- they should have a nice little padded room for children to fly there as well - the kid would probably prefer it.)
but the flight attendent seemed to be more intolerant than I am (I've never been impressed with the serive on express jets -- so it doesn't suprise me)
We seem to be missing the part of the story where the mother tried to Shush her child - doesn't seem like she did - listening to a child say bye bye plane woud be really annoying... after about 20 seconds
I'd love to be able to kick off adults who talk too loudly on their cell phones... or better yet, drop them into the jet engine