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Coping with a child's tantrum on a plane (3 Year Old's Temper Delays Plane)
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Posted on 01/28/2007 1:31:45 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside
If the kid's used to being belted in in the family car (SUV), then riding the plane is likely no problem.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:34:37 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: Paladin2
If the kid's used to being belted in in the family car (SUV), then riding the plane is likely no problem.
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There you go assuming... ;-)
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:37:59 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Mr. Brightside
Smart child, I would scream and fight if somebody wanted to force me to leave Florida and go to the commie wealth.:)
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:39:08 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: Mr. Brightside
Air Tran reimbursed the family the cost of their tickets and offered them three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies as compensation. Sweet! I'm going to teach my kid how to throw temper tantrums.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:45:15 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Enoch Powell was right.)
To: Mr. Brightside
""A lot of this comes down to parenting," Perry said. At the end of the day, "I know I can get my daughter buckled in that seat.""
Parenting??? How dare he say that!!!
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:48:54 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Mr. Brightside
If I were an Air Marshal, I wouild have tazered the parents.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:49:01 PM PST
by
Doctor Raoul
("BOAT PEOPLE" - The result of the last time the Democrats stabbed our allies in the back.)
To: Mr. Brightside
My 27 week pregnant wife and 3 yo daughter are in the air right now. Flying back from seeing her parents. Ana loves to fly and behaved herself very well the time or two before this. We bring snacks and either a laptop or a portable DVD player with headphones to keep her distracted. I'll know in about an hour and a half how todays trip went.
It's worked so far.
As for parents letting their kids run amok, we are trying to install a LOT more discipline in our kids than they apparently believe in. Yes, I know this child had ear problems, but the parents should have planned for that and given the child something to help her deal with it.
Expecting the airlines to just rework their entire schedule is just ridiculous. Filing a lawsuit after the airlines had already tried to make a "peace offering" when they didn't really need to is just idiotic. Yet more reason to have a "loser pays" system for civil cases.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:49:53 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Looks like the parents were rewarded for having a spoiled child.
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:50:04 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:51:50 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
01/28/2007 1:59:14 PM PST
by
RonDog
To: cripplecreek
A two word suggestion that sometimes works wonders: Spock pinch.
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:02:33 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: RonDog
After reading through most of the threads on this incident, I think what made this worse than any other crying-child-on-a-plane was the fact the family could not get 3 seats together so the mother and father sat together
and put the kid in a row by herself!!!
I mean, WTF?? Why couldn't the father take the lone seat and the kid sit next to mom? How hard was that?
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:03:59 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Learned Mother of Zion)
To: Mr. Brightside
Here are four tips for getting children to behave on airplanes. 1. Discipline your children
2. Train your children.
3. Teach your children.
4. Be a mentor and an example for your children to follow.
If you can't remember all 4, just remember #1 (Actually, 2-3 DEFINE #1.)
Russ
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:06:49 PM PST
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: Mr. Brightside
An article I read when the story broke suggested that the parents were sitting together and the child was in a row in front of them. To me this is just asking for trouble.
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:07:43 PM PST
by
PhilSC
To: Mr. Brightside; patton
If ever there were a place where you need to make sure your children were behaving, this is the place.
says it all!
call us odd, but kids learn how to behave from their parents and by actually using those skills in...gasp! public! yep, from a very early age we've always taken our kids out. granted, they're not perfect, but what kid is? i know of many people who frimly refuse to go out with their kids. how the heck are they supposed to learn how to behave in public if they're never out?
i flew with our 5 yr old from d.c. to n.m. last may. we had a great trip, even the 3 or so hr leg from d.c. to dallas. i took gummy bears for her to chew and a bag of goodies like her cd player, coloring stuff and games. she was awesome :)
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:09:00 PM PST
by
leda
(The quiet girl on the stairs.)
To: ClearCase_guy
The parents are suing for their embarrassment and humiliation. I don't know, but I'm guessing the airway's apology and their free tickets will be taken as an admission of wrong doing, and the parents will win this case.
Incidentally, some people who were present in the terminal before the family boarded say the girl was acting wild and out of control in the waiting area too. And the child's behavior on GMA also makes it hard to believe she's "usually well behaved", as the parents claim.
To: leda
Still, the Munich leg is going to suck. I am going to need the patch. ;)
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:12:34 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: Alouette
I mean, WTF?? Why couldn't the father take the lone seat and the kid sit next to mom? How hard was that? You've got to be frigging kidding me! Shame on the parents for not taking that SIMPLE step! And shame on the lone guy in their row that wouldn't offer to change places with the kid.
What a bunch of morons.
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:12:40 PM PST
by
Egon
("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
To: Verloona Ti
The parents are suing for their embarrassment and humiliation. I don't know, but I'm guessing the airway's apology and their free tickets will be taken as an admission of wrong doing, and the parents will win this case. The airline ought to start a class-action counter-suit with a bunch of the passengers on the plane for their inconvenience.
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posted on
01/28/2007 2:14:20 PM PST
by
Egon
("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
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