Children aren't allowed to interfere with the other children's indoctrination. So if they cry, they are banished to the cry room.

In the cry rooms I've cried in, they still have a loud speaker in there to make sure you're hearing the whole sermon. I learned as a kid that if you take the hot wheels from home and race them up and down the pews really loudly while imitating car noises that would also get you sent to the cry room. I kinda preferred it, tbh.

Yeah, like a room in the back specifically for crying babies (and their families).

How much extra per long-haul airplane ticket would you pay for this? I'd gladly add 20% minimum.

When my first child was born, he didn't cry and had to spend the beginning of his life in the NICU. When he first cried, after having his life saved by doctors, so did I.

I love the sound of crying babies. It means they're okay enough to cry.

I don’t have any children and don’t want any. I wish people didn’t trap me in metal tubes for 12+ hours with their crying children. My brain hasn’t been reprogrammed to enjoy it- actually the opposite; it’s a non-stop car alarm.

Maybe buy earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones? The parent probably doesn't want their child to be crying either, but sometimes there's not much to be done.

I use AirPods Pro. They block about 50% of the noise of a crying child in the area.

Idk about AirPods in particular, but you could try layering good PNC earmuffs over your ANC earbuds? I doubt you'll get it <10%, but should still help cut a lot of the high-frequency crying.

Bose QuietComfort 35 with white noise playing on them should block anyone not yelling right at you. Bought mine used after some extensive research, but maybe there's something better nowadays. If you added foam earplugs and music to that you'd be deaf.

I don't have kids. I'm ok with the crying babies - there's very little anyone can do about it, and they're already doing it. I'm much less ok with poorly behaved kids bouncing around, yelling, etc.

Our church has a play room with a TV tuned to the livestream. My toddler can make it to the sermon and then heads for the play room. Honestly, it's pretty nice to kick back in a comfy room and play with my daughter while still attending worship.