Do traveling Brits hate kids?

Getting a 25 hour flight can be a painless experience with the correct preparation.

Music, books and magazines. But taking a young child who screams with inner ear pressure problems is a nightmare and no one gets to sleep. So you arrive with no sleep for maybe 36 hours. Of course we love kids as much as anyone. I've been on an American flight to Hawaii where all the other passengers were kids on spring break. That flight should have carried a health warning. They behaved like animals. Yes -I'd pay for a child free zone.

Having traveled with children myself, I'm quite sympathetic to folks on the road with their tots.  It's hard to do and difficult to keep them entertained and sitting still for such long periods of time.   I feel sorry for parents who are trying to comfort their children -- some in obvious distress from ear pain -- without success.

A lot of poorly behaved kids (eg. kicking seats) are poorly parented.  I'm far more upset with the parent than with the child.  the kid needs to be instructed not to do that.  

Don't believe this is in any way an ethnic or racial thing.  I was just surprised that in an era of fees for everything, so many would pay more to fly child free.

I personally wouldn't pay for a "child free flight", no matter where.  Just plug in the ear buds, listen to some music, and enter my zone.

Has anyone used noise cancelling headphones or maybe recommend a particular model  ?