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A video showing two women scolding a crying toddler in an airplane bathroom has gone viral on social media in China, igniting a wide-ranging debate on how to best handle distressed children on public transportation.

近日，一段关于在飞机厕所里两名女子指责哭闹的幼童的视频在网络上走红，引发了广泛争论，人们纷纷探讨什么是对待公共交通出行中哭闹孩童的最好方式。

According to a statement issued by Juneyao Airlines on Monday, the incident occurred on Flight HO2382 from Guiyang, Guizhou province, to Shanghai on Saturday morning.

据8月26日吉祥航空发表的声明，这起事件发生在于8月24日早晨航行的HO2382（贵阳-浦东）航班上。

The child, who was traveling with her grandparents, began crying during the flight. To minimize the disturbance to other passengers, two female travelers, who were unknown to the couple, took the distressed child into the bathroom with the grandmother's consent. The grandmother accompanied them and waited outside.

这名孩童与祖父母外出旅行，在航行中途开始哭闹。为了避免打扰其他乘客休息，两名陌生女乘客在其祖母同意下，将哭闹的女童带到卫生间，过程中儿童的祖母一同前往并在卫生间门口等候。

The video, which appeared to be shot by one of the women, showed the child crying and coughing as the other woman, seated on the toilet, told the girl she could leave the bathroom to see her grandmother only if she stopped crying. The video also showed that the woman using stern language and threatening to leave the child in the bathroom if the crying persisted.

其中一名女子拍摄了这段视频，画面显示，女童正在哭泣和咳嗽，而另一名女子则坐在马桶上教育女孩说，只有她停止哭泣，才能离开卫生间，回到祖母身边。

视频还显示，该女子用严厉的语气教育女孩，并威胁说如果她继续哭泣，就把她留在浴室里。

The airline conducted an internal investigation and reached out to the child's mother for clarification. The mother, having received a full account of the incident from the grandmother, expressed her understanding of the women's actions, according to the statement.

根据航空公司的声明，其进行了内部调查并联系了孩子的母亲解释情况，该母亲在从祖母那里了解了事件的全部情况后，对两名女子的做法表示了理解。

The incident prompted an online discussion about the appropriateness of such disciplinary measures and the need for greater empathy toward distressed children. It became a hot topic on the Sina Weibo micro-blogging platform on Tuesday, with ma