Flight attendant reported that a child was not wearing a face mask and was coughing. Parents attempt...

Narrative:

Passenger was coughing profusely with mouth open. Passenger; was not wearing a mask during flight. This flight attendant told the parents it is mandatory. She was brought a mask from the galley. They were shown that it is mandatory for any child over 2 to wear a mask. The child struggled with the parents and kicked this flight attendant. This flight attendant asked if they had a mask for the child. The dad said they have masks. The child broke one mask given to her. They were given another mask and suggestion made to tie the back so it would fit her better. The child continued to struggle. As trash was collected; it was noted that the father had a little pink mask in his hand. The mother tried to put the mask on but only tried to hold it in front of the child's mouth. It was explained that virus is spread through coughing and the child may be exposing these passengers to a virus. Before sitting for descent; the flight attendant asked if she had it on and the mother said no. The child continued to scream. The parents said that in the previous flight; the fas allowed them to have child not wear a mask.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported that a child was not wearing a face mask and was coughing. Parents attempted to put mask on the child; but were not successful.

Narrative: Passenger was coughing profusely with mouth open. Passenger; was not wearing a mask during flight. This FA told the parents it is mandatory. She was brought a mask from the galley. They were shown that it is mandatory for any child over 2 to wear a mask. The child struggled with the parents and kicked this FA. This FA asked if they had a mask for the child. The dad said they have masks. The child broke one mask given to her. They were given another mask and suggestion made to tie the back so it would fit her better. The child continued to struggle. As trash was collected; it was noted that the father had a little pink mask in his hand. The mother tried to put the mask on but only tried to hold it in front of the child's mouth. It was explained that virus is spread through coughing and the child may be exposing these passengers to a virus. Before sitting for descent; the FA asked if she had it on and the mother said no. The child continued to scream. The parents said that in the previous flight; the FAs allowed them to have child NOT wear a mask.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1753507
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct

Flight attendant reported that a child was not wearing a face mask and was coughing. Parents attempted to put mask on the child; but were not successful.