Why do parents allow their babies to keep crying on airplanes?

Clearly parents do this …

1. As a contest with other parents to see how many babies can cry on public transportation. Passengers on flights with at least 20 crying babies get BMWs upon departure.
2. Because babies crying is as beautiful as bird calls.
3. Because babies’ cries can defuse terrorists’ bombs and make their guns jam.
4. Because, before boarding, pilots ask parents to keep their children cranky and miserable.
5. Because smothering them gets you disapproving looks from the air marshal.
6. To piss off the non-baby transporting passengers, especially little old you.

Or maybe babies are in an unfamiliar environment that rapidly changes air pressure inside their heads and makes their eardrums throb with pain. Maybe you could calm the fuck down and give parents a break. Hell, maybe you could volunteer to soothe and comfort a distressed toddler yourself and demonstrate some empathy for those inconsiderate individuals that don’t devote every waking moment to your problem-free travel experience. I’m sure they’d appreciate it and at least you’d be part of the solution instead of a judgmental observer that silently seethes about unavoidable situations.